Stent

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stent \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stent \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stent \Stent\, n.
     An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent."
     --Mir. for Mag.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stent
       n : a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a
           blood vessel) to provide support during and after
           surgical anastomosis