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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Stent

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