Definitions for: Stet


[v] printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
[v] printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion



Webster (1913) Definition: 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, 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.

See Also: annul, avoid, direct, invalidate, nullify, quash, void

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