premise: to <mask> a rebellion
hypothesis: the best context for <mask> here is The certificate issued to the purchaser of land at a tax sale certifying to the sale and the payment of the consideration thereof, and entitling the purchaser upon certain conditions and at a certain time thereafter to a deed or instrument of conveyance (called a tax deed) of the land, to be executed by the proper officer.; but not To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely.