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.

 

© Webster 1913.


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 1913.

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