1. (

• edit ,
• redact

) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" ;

2. (

• edit

) supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years" ;

3. (

• edit ,
• cut ,
• edit_out

) cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" ;

4. (

• edit ,
• blue-pencil ,
• delete

) cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" ;

1. (

• emended ,
• edited

) improved or corrected by critical editing; "the emended text" ;