GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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