Etymology

manet

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Today it means: Used in stage directions; literally, he, she or it remains. Compare exit, exeunt. Full definition →

Latin manet
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommanet“he remains”
  2. English todaymanet

From Latin manet (“he remains”), manent (“they remain”), inflections of maneō.

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