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stet
v. retain a previous correction or omission; mark with the word stet to indicate that a previous correction or omission should be ignored


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For the novel by James Chapman, see Stet (novel); for the GPLv3 comment software, see stet (software); for the folding editor, see STET (text editor); for the science-fiction fanzine, see STET (fanzine). Stet is a Latin word (meaning "let it stand") used by proofreaders to instruct the writer to disregard a change the editor had previously marked.
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Verb
1. printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
(hypernym) invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
2. printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
(hypernym) direct


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(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(subj. 3d pers. sing.)
Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
  

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