edit 1

verbdomain: change

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Examples

1.Edit a book on lexical semantics
2.she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages

Synonyms

redact 2
prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting

Derivationally related form

editing 1

noun

putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

editor 1

noun

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

Hyponym

interpolate 2

verb

insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

hack 7

verb

significantly cut up a manuscript

black out 3

verb

suppress by censorship as for political reasons

blank out 2

verb

cut out, as for political reasons

copyread 1

verb

edit and correct (written or printed material)