CARET

caret. Caret, n. this mark (^) noting an omission

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Ca″ret (kā″rĕt or kăr″ĕt), n. [[L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to want.]] A mark used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.