STETTED

STET

stet

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

stet

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

stetted

simple past tense and past participle of stet

Source: Wiktionary


STET

Stet, Etym: L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. Etym: [See Stand.] (Print.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 May 2024

GLUED

(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; “he stayed glued to one spot”; “pieces of pasted paper”


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