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Meaning of edit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  edit
      v 1: 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}]
      2: supervise the publication of; "The same family has been
         editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
      3: cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut
         recording tape" [syn: {edit}, {cut}, {edit out}]
      4: cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn:
         {edit}, {blue-pencil}, {delete}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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