Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Stent \Stent\, v. i.
   To stint; to stop; to cease.

         And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer.

Stent \Stent\, n.
   An allotted portion; a stint. ``Attain'd his journey's
   stent.'' --Mir. for Mag.

Source : WordNet®

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