Definition: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
Usage: Edit a book on lexical semantics; she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages
Main entry: edit, delete, blue-pencil
Definition: cut or eliminate
Usage: she edited the juiciest scenes
Main entry: cut, edit, edit out
Definition: cut and assemble the components of
Usage: edit film; cut recording tape
Main entry: edit
Definition: supervise the publication of
Usage: The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years