Stet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stet \Stet\ (st[e^]t), 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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stet \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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stet
       v 1: printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
       2: printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or
          correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
       [also: {stetting}, {stetted}]