edit

verb

1. 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

2. 2

   cut or eliminate

   she edited the juiciest scenes

3. 3

   cut and assemble the components of

   edit film

   cut recording tape

4. 4

   supervise the publication of

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