Stent

Definition of Stent

v. t.	1.	To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint. [Obs. imp. Stente ; obs. p. p. Stent.] Then would he weep, he might not be stent. - Chaucer. Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul revilement. - Spenser.
v. i.	1.	To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. - Chaucer.
n.	1.	An allotted portion; a stint.

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