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单词 stet
释义

stetint.

Brit. /stɛt/, U.S. /stɛt/
Etymology: 3rd singular present subjunctive of Latin stāre to stand.
Printing.
‘Let it stand’; a direction in the margin of a proof or MS. that matter which has been altered or struck out is to remain uncorrected. The direction occasionally signifies that a nonstandard or irregular form should be retained. Cf. sic adv.
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society > communication > printing > correction > [noun] > of proofs > marks used in
caret1710
stet1755
rom.1824
l.c.1833
separatrix1892
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > directions against emendation
stet1755
sic1887
society > communication > printing > correction > correct [verb (transitive)] > cancel matter > cancel a correction or deletion
stet1821
1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. xi. 277 Where words are struck out that are afterwards again approved of, they mark dots under such words, and write in the Margin, Stet.
1821 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Tour I. 129 I could discover..that..he wished me to..leave him to his deles and stets!
a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 295 A colossal imposition who will..cause your heart to beat like a sludge-hammer (stet).

Derivatives

stet v. transitive, to cancel a correction or deletion of (words in a proof or MS.) by writing ‘stet’ in the margin and underlining the words with a series of dots; to write ‘stet’ against (an accidental deletion, miscorrection, etc.).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend > write direction against
stet1875
1875 J. Southward Dict. Typogr. (ed. 2) 129 Stet, a word written in copy or in a proof to show that some matter erroneously cancelled must remain.
1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 16 Dec. (1965) I. 581 If you disagree with my deletions, you can dot them under and ‘stet’ them.
1968 K. Martin Editor i. 19 On the same line I had ‘stetted’ another word which had been accidentally crossed out.
1975 J. Butcher Copy-editing iii. 26 Stet American and all unusual spellings that are to be retained.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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