a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retained
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verbWord forms: stets, stetting or stetted
2. (transitive)
to mark (matter to be retained) with a stet
Word origin
Latin, literally: let it stand
stet in American English
(stɛt)
verb impersonal
1.
let it stand
a printer's term used to indicate that matter previously marked for deletion is toremain
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈstetted or ˈstetting
2.
to cancel a change in or a marked deletion of (a word, character, passage, etc., as in a proof or manuscript), as by writing “stet” in the margin and underlining stetted matter with a row of dots
Word origin
L, 3d pers. sing., pres. subj., of stare, to stand