stet

American  

[stet] / stɛt /

verb (used without object)

stetted, stetting

1. 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).

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verb (used with object)

stetted, stetting

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

stet British  

/ stɛt /

noun

1. a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retained Compare dele

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verb

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

Etymology

Origin of stet

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

Example Sentences

Luckily, she was kind, and if you changed it she would just change it back and stet it without upbraiding you.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

Ossibus ergo carens que conterit ossa loquelis Absit, et interpres stet procul oro malus.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

Hoc volo, sic jubeo; stet pro ratione voluntas.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

When a letter or word has been wrongly stricken out, it may be restored by making a series of dots immediately beneath and writing the word stet in the margin.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)

Cap Capitalize. lc Lower case; small letter. δ Delete; omit. stet Restore the words crossed out.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)