Thesaurus: stet

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1. subj. 3d pers. sing. Let it word/stand">stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
2. v. t. To word/cause">cause or word/direct">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.
3. v. cancel, as of a correction or deletion
4. v. direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained
5. Let it word/stand">stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain. 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.
6. Let it word/stand">stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify thatsomething once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
7. v. printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion v. printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)