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v.intr. To direct that a word or statement be allowed to stand in its original, unrevised form. To let something stand in its original form.
v.tr. To overrule a correction
(From Latin, to et it stand, third person singular present subjunctive of stare; typesetters / copy editors abbreviation to uncorrect a revision made in error. As typesetting becomes obsolete, alas, so probably will this powerful little word.)
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