Stencil v. t. (past & past part. stenciled or stencilled; pres. part. stenciling or stencilling) To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
... solicitude for the moral welfare of his descendants." The courts upset the will. For the law in its objection to perpetuities recognizes that there are distinct limits to the usefulness of allowing anyone to impose his moral stencil upon an unknown future. But the desire to impose it is a very human trait, so human that the law permits it to operate for a limited time ... — Public Opinion • Walter Lippmann
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