(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.

abbreviate abridge adapt alter amend annotate arrange assemble blip blot out blue-pencil bowdlerize cancel censor change clean up comment upon commentate compile compress condense copy copy out correct crop cross out cut cut out delete draft draw up edit out emend emendate enface engross erase expunge expurgate gloss inscribe kill make a recension make an edition make out modify omit order organize pen pencil polish prepare push the pen put in writing recense record rectify redact redraft reduce remark upon reorder reorganize rephrase rescind revamp revise rework rewrite rub out scribe scrive scroll select shorten spill ink spoil paper strike strike off strike out style superscribe touch up trace transcribe type void work over write write down write out