STENTED

Verb

stented

simple past tense and past participle of stent

Anagrams

• detents, snetted, tendest

Source: Wiktionary


STENT

Stent, v. t. [Obs. imp. Stente; obs. p. p. Stent.] Etym: [See Stint.]

Definition: 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, v. i.

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

Stent, n.

Definition: An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for Mag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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