stint

Definition

To stop (an action); cease, desist.

Etymology

From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).

Example Sentences

• "We mon haue payne that neuer shall stynt"
• "O do thy cruell wrath and spightfull wrong / At length allay, and stint thy stormy strife […]"
• "And stint thou too, I pray thee."