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Stet

Stet Meaning & Definition
Stet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stet?

[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

Stet In Webster's Dictionary

\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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