edit
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[ verb ] (writing) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
Synonyms Examples "Edit a book on lexical semantics" "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)Young Morris , who , while attending the University_of_Pennsylvania , also taught and edited a paper , found time to write Henrietta twenty page letters on everything that engaged his interest , from the acting of Sarah_Bernhardt in Philadelphia to his reactions to the comments of `` Sulamith '' on the Jewish reform_movement being promulgated by the Hebrew_Union_College in Cincinnati . |
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[ verb ] (news) supervise the publication of
Examples "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (writing) edit, delete, or revise; of books, etc.
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