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.
Then would he weep, he might not be stent. Chaucer.
Yet n'ould she stent
Her bitter railing and foul revilement. Spenser.