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stent
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stent, v. t. [See Stint.].
To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint. [1913 Webster]
"Then would he weep, he might not be stent." [1913 Webster]
"Yet n'ould she stent
Her bitter railing and foul revilement." [1913 Webster]
Her bitter railing and foul revilement." [1913 Webster]
stent, v. i.
To stint; to stop; to cease. [1913 Webster]
"And of this cry they would never stenten." [1913 Webster]
stent, n.
An allotted portion; a stint. Mir. for Mag. [1913 Webster]
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