scanted

English

Verb

scanted

1. simple past and past participle of scant

Adjective

scanted (comparative more scanted, superlative most scanted)

1. (archaic) Diminished; restricted. [from 16th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Subdue desire, and bridle loose delight; / Use scanted diet, and forbeare your fill […]

   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:

     " […] their generations are neither extinct nor scanted, but are as plentiful as any Creatures on the Land."

Anagrams

• cedants, dancest, decants, descant, stanced