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Stent
Stent
,Verb.
T.
[
Obs. imp.
Stente
; obs. p. p.
Stent
.] [See
Stint
.] To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
Then would he weep, he might not be
stent
. Chaucer.
Yet n’ould she
Her bitter railing and foul revilement.
stent
Her bitter railing and foul revilement.
Spenser.
Stent
,Verb.
I.
To stint; to stop; to cease.
And of this cry they would never
stenten
. Chaucer.
Stent
,Noun.
An allotted portion; a stint.
“Attain'd his journey's stent.” Mir. for Mag.