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Stent
Pronunciation : Stent
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Stint.]
Definition : 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.
t. [Obs. imp. Stente; obs. p. p. Stent.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stent
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. Chaucer.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stent
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for Mag.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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