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English Dictionary: Stet by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stet
v
  1. printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
  2. printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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