stet

[ stet ]

/ stɛt /

verb (used without object), stet·ted, stet·ting.

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.

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

Nearby words

Origin of stet

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

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Examples from the Web for stet

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. Foote
Stet had warned her not to polish her eyeballs in public, but the ground with him!
Helpfully Yours|Evelyn E. Smith
Observe that there had been no charge or imputation against these men, more or less: stet proratione voluntas.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843|Various
In the privacy of his room, Orne pressed the transceiver stud at his neck, said: "Stet?"
Operation Haystack|Frank Patrick Herbert

He 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 Chapman

British Dictionary definitions for stet

stet

/ (stɛt) /

noun

a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retainedCompare dele

verb stets, stetting or stetted

(tr) to mark (matter to be retained) with a stet

Word Origin for stet

Latin, literally: let it stand

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Word Origin and History for stet

stet

direction to printer to disregard correction made to text, 1755, from Latin stet "let it stand," third person singular present subjunctive of stare "to stand, stand upright, be stiff," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (cf. Sanskrit tisthati "stands;" Avestan histaiti "to stand;" Persian -stan "country," literally "where one stands;" Greek histemi "put, place, cause to stand; weigh," stasis "a standing still," statos "placed," stater "a weight, coin," stylos "pillar;" Latin sistere "stand still, stop, make stand, place, produce in court," status "manner, position, condition, attitude," stare "to stand," statio "station, post;" Lithuanian stojus "place myself," statau "place;" Old Church Slavonic staja "place myself," stanu "position," staru "old," literally "long-standing;" Gothic standan, Old English standan "to stand," stede "place," steall "place where cattle are kept;" Old Norse steði "anvil," stallr "pedestal for idols, altar;" German Stall "stable;" Old Irish sessam "the act of standing"). Also see related words under assist.