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stet

  [stet] ,verb, stet⋅ted, stet⋅ting.
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–verb (used without object)
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).
–verb (used with object)
2. to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
Origin:
1815–25; < L stēt, pres. subj. 3rd pers. sing. of stāre to stand
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Stet

Stet\, L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. [See Stand.] (Print.) Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.

Stet

Stet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stetting.] (Print.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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stet 
direction to printer to disregard correction made to text, 1755, from L. stet "let it stand," third person singular present subjunctive of stare "to stand, stand upright, be stiff," from PIE base *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (cf. Skt. tisthati "stands;" Avestan histaiti "to stand;" Pers. -stan "country," lit. "where one stands;" Gk. histemi "put, place, weigh," stasis "a standing still," statos "placed," stater "a weight, coin," stylos "pillar;" L. sistere "stand still, stop, make stand, place, produce in court," status "manner, position, condition, attitude," statio "station, post;" Lith. stojus "place myself," statau "place;" O.C.S. staja "place myself," stanu "position," staru "old," lit. "long-standing;" Goth. standan, O.E. standan "to stand," O.N. steði "anvil," O.E. stede "place;" O.Ir. sessam "the act of standing").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: stet
Pronunciation: 'stet
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, let it stand, third person singular present subjunctive of stare to stand
: an order staying all proceedings in an action —used esp. in Maryland
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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