stet

Dictionary: stet (stĕt) pronunciation

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.]

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(stet)
verb tr., intr.
Let it stand.

Etymology
From Latin stet (let it stand), from stare (to stand). Ultimately from Indo-European root sta- (to stand) that is also the source of stay, stage, stable, instant, establish, static, and system

Stet is used as a direction on a printer's proof or manuscript to indicate that the alterations be undone and the original word or passage be restored.

Usage
"I realize that I have silted myself into the debate as a typographical neoconservative and a novitiate Barzunite, having insulted both pop culture and the West, and implied an allegiance to elegance and the author. I don't really want to mean this. Nevertheless, pls stet." — Janet Burroway; Language, Culture, And the Cop (sic) Editor; The Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington, DC); Nov 7, 1997.

"The charges later were dismissed in Baltimore City and stetted in Howard County." — Peter Geier; 'Patricide' Author Sues Sheppard Pratt; The Daily Record (Baltimore, Maryland); Feb 5, 2003.

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Proofreader's or editor's direction to the printer or typesetter indicating that material marked for correction should remain as it was before the correction. The work to remain is underscored with a series of dots, and the word stet is written in the margin. The term is Latin for "let it stand."

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Proofreader's or editor's direction to the printer or typesetter indicating that material marked for correction should remain as it was before the correction. The work to remain is underscored with a series of dots, and the word stet is written in the margin. The term is Latin for ‘let it stand.'

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For other uses, see Stet (disambiguation).

Stet is a Latin word (meaning "let it stand") used by proofreaders and editors to instruct the typesetter or writer to disregard a change the editor or proofreader had previously marked.^[1]

This convention is usually marked by writing and circling the word stet above or beside the unwanted edit and underscoring the selection with dashes or dots.^[1] Alternatively, a circled tick (check mark) may be used in the margin.^[2]

In connection with this usage, stet is also sometimes used as a verb, e.g., "Stet that colon."^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c stet. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 01 Oct. 2007.
^ British Standards Institution. Copy preparation and proof correction. Specification for typographic requirements, marks for copy preparation and proof correction, proofing procedure. BS 5261-2:2005.

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