Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Edit \Ed"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Edited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Editing}.] [F. ['e]diter, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to
   give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See
   {Date} a point of time.]
   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.

         Philosophical treatises which have never been edited.
                                                  --Enfield.

Source : WordNet®

edit
     v 1: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting,
          revising, or adapting; "Edit a a book on lexical
          semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so
          as to omit the most personal passages" [syn: {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: {cut}, {edit out}]
     4: cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn: {blue-pencil},
         {delete}]