Meaning of STET
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- [v] printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
- [v] printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
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| | See Also: | | annul, avoid, direct, invalidate, nullify, quash, void | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Stet\, L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain.
[See {Stand}.] (Print.)
Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that
something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
\Stet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stetted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stetting}.] (Print.)
To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for
omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of
dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted
a deled footnote.
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