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verb (v)

• prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting(verb.change)

  Example:
  Edit a book on lexical semantics.
  She edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages.
  

  Synonym:
  redact
  

  source: wordnet30
• supervise the publication of(verb.communication)

  Example:
  The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years.
  

  source: wordnet30
• cut and assemble the components of(verb.change)

  Example:
  Edit film.
  

  Synonym:
  cut, edit out
  

  source: wordnet30
• cut or eliminate(verb.change)

  Example:
  She edited the juiciest scenes.
  

  Synonym:
  blue-pencil, delete
  

  source: wordnet30
• To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.(verb)

  source: webster1913