stet
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).
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
Origin of stet
1Words Nearby stet
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How to use stet in a sentence
The Crown retired from the suit with a stet processus, and Mr. Bradlaugh was left with the laurels—and his costs.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. FooteYou were going to give me my regular ten days vacation next week, you know, continued stet to Darry.
Bound to Succeed | Allen ChapmanHe had just finished cutting a weeks supply of kindling wood in the wood shed, when stet popped into view over the back fence.
Bound to Succeed | Allen ChapmanIn the privacy of his room, Orne pressed the transceiver stud at his neck, said: "stet?"
Operation Haystack | Frank Patrick HerbertThis thought alarmed her and so she smiled very sweetly at stet as she murmured, "Would you mind reading this?"
Helpfully Yours | Evelyn E. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for stet
/ (stɛt) /
a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retained: Compare dele
(tr) to mark (matter to be retained) with a stet
Origin of stet
1Collins 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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