{"def":{"short":"to extinguish (literally or figuratively)","long":["to extinguish, quench",["of fire or things on fire",["to be quenched, to go out"],"metaphorically to quench, to suppress, stifle",["of divine influence"]]]},"deriv":"a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb","pronun":{"ipa":"sˈβɛn.ny.mi","ipa_mod":"sˈve̞n.nju.mi","sbl":"sbennymi","dic":"s-VEN-noo-mee","dic_mod":"s-VANE-nyoo-mee"}}