'Edit' definitions:

Definition of 'edit'

(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: edit, redact]
verb
Supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
verb
Cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" [syn: edit, cut, edit out]
verb
Cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn: edit, blue-pencil, delete]

Definition of 'Edit'

From: GCIDE
  • Edit \Ed"it\ ([e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.] [F. ['e]diter, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. --Enfield. [1913 Webster]