单词 | stet |
释义 | stetint. Printing. ‘Let it stand’; a direction in the margin of a proof or MS. that matter which has been altered or struck out is to remain uncorrected. The direction occasionally signifies that a nonstandard or irregular form should be retained. Cf. sic adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > correction > [noun] > of proofs > marks used in caret1710 stet1755 rom.1824 l.c.1833 separatrix1892 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > directions against emendation stet1755 sic1887 society > communication > printing > correction > correct [verb (transitive)] > cancel matter > cancel a correction or deletion stet1821 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. xi. 277 Where words are struck out that are afterwards again approved of, they mark dots under such words, and write in the Margin, Stet. 1821 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Tour I. 129 I could discover..that..he wished me to..leave him to his deles and stets! a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 295 A colossal imposition who will..cause your heart to beat like a sludge-hammer (stet). Derivatives stet v. transitive, to cancel a correction or deletion of (words in a proof or MS.) by writing ‘stet’ in the margin and underlining the words with a series of dots; to write ‘stet’ against (an accidental deletion, miscorrection, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend > write direction against stet1875 1875 J. Southward Dict. Typogr. (ed. 2) 129 Stet, a word written in copy or in a proof to show that some matter erroneously cancelled must remain. 1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 16 Dec. (1965) I. 581 If you disagree with my deletions, you can dot them under and ‘stet’ them. 1968 K. Martin Editor i. 19 On the same line I had ‘stetted’ another word which had been accidentally crossed out. 1975 J. Butcher Copy-editing iii. 26 Stet American and all unusual spellings that are to be retained. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1755 |
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