Stente

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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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