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stet

[ stet ]

verb (used without object)

, stet·ted, stet·ting.
  1. let it stand (used imperatively as a direction on a printer's proof, manuscript, or the like, to retain material previously cancelled, usually accompanied by a row of dots under or beside the material).


verb (used with object)

, stet·ted, stet·ting.
  1. to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.

stet

/ stɛt /

noun

  1. a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retained Compare dele
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to mark (matter to be retained) with a stet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stet1

1815–25; < Latin stēt, present subjunctive 3rd person singular of stāre to stand
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stet1

Latin, literally: let it stand
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Example Sentences

The Crown retired from the suit with a stet processus, and Mr. Bradlaugh was left with the laurels—and his costs.

You were going to give me my regular ten days vacation next week, you know, continued Stet to Darry.

He had just finished cutting a weeks supply of kindling wood in the wood shed, when Stet popped into view over the back fence.

In the privacy of his room, Orne pressed the transceiver stud at his neck, said: "Stet?"

This thought alarmed her and so she smiled very sweetly at Stet as she murmured, "Would you mind reading this?"

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