edit

verb

1. prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting

   verb.change

   Examples

   Edit a book on lexical semantics.

   She edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages.

   Synonyms redact

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. supervise the publication of

   verb.communication

   Examples

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

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. cut and assemble the components of

   verb.change

   Examples

   Edit film.

   Synonyms cut edit out

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. cut or eliminate

   verb.change

   Examples

   She edited the juiciest scenes.

   Synonyms blue-pencil delete

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to <i>edit</i> a newspaper.

   verb

   Source: webster1913