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Definitions for Stet

[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).
[2] to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
[3] a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retained Compare dele
[4] (tr) to mark (matter to be retained) with a stet

Words nearby Stet

steroid ulcer, steroidogenesis, sterol, stertor, stertorous, stet, stethalgia, stetho-, stethogoniometer, stethometer, stethoscope

Origin of Stet

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

Word origin for Stet

Latin, literally: let it stand