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+ | ====== Stet ====== | ||
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+ | When a word has been struck out, in reading a [[p:proof|proof]], and it is afterwards decided that it shall remain, then it is usual to make dots under the word which has had the pen run through it and write the word stet opposite to it in the [[m:margin|margin]], which is the third person singular, imperative mood, of the neuter verb //sto//, to stand, to endure, or abide. — //See// [[c:correcting|Correcting]]. | ||
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