edited

ed·it

 (ĕd′ĭt)

tr.v. ed·it·ed, ed·it·ing, ed·its

1.

a. To prepare (written material) for publication or presentation, as by correcting, revising, or adapting.

b. To prepare an edition of for publication: edit a collection of short stories.

c. To modify or adapt so as to make suitable or acceptable: edited her remarks for presentation to a younger audience.

2. To supervise the publication of (a newspaper or magazine, for example).

3. To assemble the components of (a film or soundtrack, for example), as by cutting and splicing.

4. To eliminate; delete: edited the best scene out.

n.

An act or instance of editing: made several last-minute edits for reasons of space.

Phrasal Verbs:

edit in

To insert during the course of editing: An additional scene was edited in before the show was aired.

edit out

To delete during the course of editing: A controversial scene was edited out of the film.

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[Partly back-formation from editor and partly from French éditer, to publish (from Latin ēditus, past participle of ēdere : ē-, ex-, ex- + dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots).]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

edited - improved or corrected by critical editing; "the emended text" emended altered - changed in form or character without becoming something else; "the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens

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