Edit
['edɪt] or ['ɛdɪt]
Definition
(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'.
(verb.) cut or eliminate; 'she edited the juiciest scenes'.
(verb.) cut and assemble the components of; 'edit film'; 'cut recording tape'.
(verb.) supervise the publication of; 'The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years'.
Typed by Gilda--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Conduct (a literary work), manage, prepare for publication, superintend the publication of.
Typist: Rachel
Definition
v.t. to prepare the work of an author for publication: to superintend the publication of (a newspaper &c.): to compile garble or cook up materials into literary shape.—ns. Edi′tion the publication of a book: the number of copies of a book printed at a time; Ed′itor one who edits a book: one who conducts a newspaper or journal:—fem. Ed′itress.—adj. Editō′rial of or belonging to an editor.—n. an article in a newspaper written by the editor a leading article.—adv. Editō′rially.—n. Ed′itorship.
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Examples
- His project admits of very simple statement now; he wished to edit an encyclopedia, but feared that i t might prove impossible without co?peration and without state support. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A remarkable instance of this was the edition of Sir Walter Scott's Works, with notes, edited by himself; instead of the old price 10s. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I have read the Handbook of Marxism that Emil Burns edited. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mrs. Rochfort speaks also for herself, of the learned doctor who edits the _New Times_ and I shall venture to add, _ex uno, disce omnes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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