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casser — [ kase ] v. <conjug. : 1> • v. 1160; quasser « briser » 1080; bas lat. quassare, de quatere « secouer » I ♦ V. tr. A ♦ 1 ♦ Mettre en morceaux, diviser (une chose rigide) d une manière soudaine, par choc, coup, pression. ⇒ briser, broyer,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
quash — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English quashen to smash, from Anglo French quasser, casser, from Latin quassare to shake violently, shatter, frequentative of quatere to shake Date: 13th century to suppress or extinguish summarily and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
quash — / kwäsh, kwȯsh/ vt [Anglo French quasser, from Middle French casser quasser, from Late Latin cassare, from Latin cassus void]: to make void: annul (2) quash a subpoena Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
quash — [kwɔʃ US kwa:ʃ, kwo:ʃ] v [T] formal [Sense: 1; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: quasser, from Late Latin cassare, from Latin cassus having no effect, void ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: quasser, from Latin quassare to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
quash — [14] Quash goes back ultimately to Latin quatere ‘shake’ (source also of English rescue [14], which etymologically means ‘shake off, drive away’, and of concussion and percussion). From it evolved quassāre ‘shake to pieces, break’, which passed… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
quash — I. /kwɒʃ / (say kwosh) verb (t) to put down or suppress completely; subdue. {Middle English quasche(n), from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre shake, frequentative of quatere} II. /kwɒʃ / (say kwosh) verb (t) to make void, annul, or set… …
quash — [14] Quash goes back ultimately to Latin quatere ‘shake’ (source also of English rescue [14], which etymologically means ‘shake off, drive away’, and of concussion and percussion). From it evolved quassāre ‘shake to pieces, break’, which passed… … Word origins
quash — quash1 [kwäsh, kwôsh] vt. [altered (infl. by QUASH2) < ME quassen < MFr quasser < LL cassare, to annihilate, destroy < L cassus, empty < castus, pp. of carere, to lack: see CASTE] Law to annul or set aside (an indictment) quash2… … English World dictionary
Quash — Quash, v. t. [OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. quassare to shake, shatter, shiver, v. intens. fr. quatere, quassum, to shake, shatter. Cf. {Concussion}, {Discuss}, {Rescue}, and also {Quash} to annul.] 1. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quash — Quash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quashing}.] [OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. cassare to annihilate, annul, fr. cassus empty, vain, of uncertain origin. The word has been confused with L. quassare to shake, F. casser to break … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
