stent

1. obs. p. p. of Stent Source: opted

2. v. t. To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint. Source: opted

3. v. i. To stint; to stop; to cease. Source: opted

4. n. An allotted portion; a stint. Source: opted

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

6. 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. To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. Chaucer. An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for Mag. Source: webster

7. 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. Source: adambom

8. n:100 n. a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis Source: ecdict

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