Stet Definition

stĕt
stets, stetted, stetting
verb
Let it stand.
Webster's New World
To cancel a change in or a marked deletion of (a word, character, passage, etc., as in a proof or manuscript), as by writing “stet” in the margin and underlining stetted matter with a row of dots.
Webster's New World
To nullify (a correction or deletion) in printed matter.
American Heritage
noun

A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out should still remain. This is usually marked by writing and circling the word stet above or beside the unwanted edit and underscoring the selection with dashes or dots. Alternatively, a circled checkmark may be used in the margin.

Wiktionary

Origin of Stet

  • Latin third person sing. present subjunctive of stāre to stand stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin stet (“let it stand").

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

SSTSTE

Words Ending With

TETTET

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