Category:Stet

Stet, etym: l., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. Etym: [see stand.] (print.)

Defn: let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that Something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.

Stet Stet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stetting.] (print.)

Defn: 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.