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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stunted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Stunting}.] [See {Stint}.]
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the
growth of to stint, to dwarf; as to stunt a child; to stunt
a plant.
When by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a
nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies,
the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stunted \Stunt"ed\, a.
Dwarfed. -- {Stunt"ed*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stunted
adj : inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby
cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees" [syn: {scrawny},
{scrubby}]
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