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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ed·it / ˈedit/ • v. (ed·it·ed , ed·it·ing ) [tr.] (often be edited) prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it: Volume I was edited by J. Johnson. ∎ choose material for (a movie or a radio or television program) and arrange it to form a coherent whole: the footage wasn't good enough to be edited into broadcast form. ∎ be editor of (a newspaper or magazine). ∎ (edit something out) remove unnecessary or inappropriate words, sounds, or scenes from a text, movie, or radio or television program. • n. a change or correction made as a result of editing.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

edit †publish (rare); prepare an edition of XVIII; be the editor of XIX. partly — F. éditer (based on édition); partly back-formation from EDITOR.
So edition †publication; †production, creation; one of the forms in which a literary work is produced. XVI. — (O)F. édition — L. ēditiō, -ōn-, f. ēdit-, pp. stem of ēdere put forth, f. E- + dare put. editor †publisher XVII (rare); one who prepares an edition XVIII; conductor of a periodical XIX. — L. ēditor producer, exhibitor, f. ēdit-. Hence editorial XVIII.

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A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

edit To create, modify, or add to a document. Editing operations include delete, insert, move, copy, search, replace, include another file, justify, and paginate. See also word processing.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

edit •adit •bandit, pandit •accredit, credit, edit, subedit •Chindit • conduit •audit, plaudit •pundit • refit • misfit • benefit •profit, prophet, soffit •forfeit • outfit • Tophet • photofit •buffet, tuffet •comfit • counterfeit • surfeit • agate •margate, target •frigate • Tlingit • hogget •drugget, nugget •Brigitte • gadget • eejit •Bridget, digit, fidget, midget, widget •budget •Blackett, bracket, jacket, packet, placket, racket •blanket • gasket • bedjacket •straitjacket • lifejacket • leatherjacket •downmarket, market, upmarket •basket, casket •breadbasket • Euromarket •Newmarket • hypermarket •Becket, Beckett •cricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, pricket, snicket, thicket, ticket, wicket •trinket •biscuit, brisket, frisket •identikit •brocket, crocket, Crockett, docket, locket, pocket, rocket, socket, sprocket •airpocket • pickpocket • skyrocket •toolkit •bucket, Nantucket, tucket •Blunkett, junket •musket • rust bucket •circuit, short-circuit

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