[stet] 
,verb, stet⋅ted, stet⋅ting.| 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. |
| stet (stět) v. stet·ted, stet·ting, stets v. intr. To direct that a letter, word, or other matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained. Used in the imperative. v. tr. To nullify (a correction or deletion) in printed matter. [Latin, third person sing. present subjunctive of stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] |
