edit

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
edit/ˈedɪt/

▶verb (edits, editing, edited)

• 1 prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it.

  ■ prepare and arrange material for (a recording or broadcast).

  ■ change (online text) on a computer or word processor.

  ■ (edit something out) remove material in preparing a recording or broadcast.

• 2 be editor of (a newspaper or magazine).

▶noun a change or correction made as a result of editing.

– derivatives
editable adjective.

– origin C18: partly a back-form. from editor, reinforced by Fr. éditer ‘to edit’.