Category:Stent

Stent, v. t. [obs. imp. Stente; obs. p. p. Stent.] Etym: [see stint.]

Defn: to keep within limits; to restain; to cause to stop, or cease; To stint. Then would he weep, he might not be stent. Chaucer. Yet n'ould she stent her bitter railing and foul revilement. Spenser.

Stent Stent, v. i.

Defn: to stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. Chaucer.

Stent Stent, n.

Defn: an allotted portion; a stint. "attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for mag.