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