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Webster 1913 Edition

Edit

Ed′it

(ĕd′ĭt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Edited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Editing
.]
[F.
éditer
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Edit

ED'IT

,
Verb.
T.
[from L. edo, to publish; e and do, to give.]
1.
Properly, to publish; more usually, to superintend a publication; to prepare a book or paper for the public eye, by writing, correcting or selecting the matter.
Those who know how volumes of the fathers are generally edited.
2.
To publish.
Abelard wrote many philosophical treatises which have never been edited.

Definition 2024

édit

édit

See also: edit, Edit, Édith, and edit.

French

Noun

édit m ‎(plural édits)

  1. An edict, type of legislative and/or judicial proclamation, originally emanating from a Roman magistrate.

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Etymology

From Latin ēdictum ‎(“proclamation, edict”), the neuter of ēdictus, perfect passive participle of ēdīcō ‎(“I publish, proclaim”), itself from ex ‎(“out of, from”) + dīcō ‎(“say”); cognate with Dutch edict, German Edikt.

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