Stet

[stet]

Definition

(verb.) printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative).

(verb.) printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion.

Editor: Simon--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(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.

Checker: Ramona

Definition

v.t. to restore—generally on proof-sheets in imperative with a line of dots under the words to be retained.

Checker: Micawber