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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

Edit

Edit

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

Faroese

Proper noun

Edit f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Edit: Editarson
  • daughter of Edit: Editardóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Edit
Accusative Edit
Dative Edit
Genitive Editar

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛdit]
  • Hyphenation: Edit

Proper noun

Edit

  1. A female given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Edit Editek
accusative Editet Editeket
dative Editnek Editeknek
instrumental Edittel Editekkel
causal-final Editért Editekért
translative Editté Editekké
terminative Editig Editekig
essive-formal Editként Editekként
essive-modal — —
inessive Editben Editekben
superessive Editen Editeken
adessive Editnél Editeknél
illative Editbe Editekbe
sublative Editre Editekre
allative Edithez Editekhez
elative Editből Editekből
delative Editről Editekről
ablative Edittől Editektől
Possessive forms of Edit
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Editem Editjeim
2nd person sing. Edited Editjeid
3rd person sing. Editje Editjei
1st person plural Editünk Editjeink
2nd person plural Editetek Editjeitek
3rd person plural Editjük Editjeik

Norwegian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Edit

  1. A female given name derived from English Edith.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Edit

  1. A female given name derived from English Edith.

edit

edit

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

English

Noun

edit ‎(plural edits)

  1. A change to the text of a document.
  2. (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

Derived terms

Translations

a change to the text of a document

Verb

edit ‎(third-person singular simple present edits, present participle editing, simple past and past participle edited)

  1. To change a text, or a document.
  2. (transitive) To be the editor of a publication.
    He edits the Bee.
    • 1912, L. Frank Baum, Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation Chapter 3
      "How?" responded Patsy; "why, it's easy enough, Uncle. We'll buy a press, hire a printer, and Beth and Louise will help me edit the paper. I'm sure I can exhibit literary talents of a high order, once they are encouraged to sprout. Louise writes lovely poetry and 'stories of human interest,' and Beth—"
  3. (computing) To change the contents of a file, website, programme etc.
    Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.
  4. (biology) To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
    • 2015 April 26, Beth Shapiro, “Could we 'de-extinctify' the woolly mammoth”, in The Guardian:
      Today, the technology to edit genomes is limited in the number of changes that can be made at once, which is probably one reason why the Harvard team focused on only 14 genes.
  5. To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.
    • 2014 December 17, Mekado Murphy, “Below the Line: Editing ‘Boyhood’”, in New York Times:
      When the director approached Ms. Adair about his idea for “Boyhood,” shooting footage each of those 12 years, she immediately agreed to take part. The decision was made to edit the film progressively, cutting the scenes from each year after they were completed.

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō ‎(“I eat”).

Verb

edit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of edō
  2. third-person singular present active subjunctive of edō

ēdit

  1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of edō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō ‎(“I dispatch”).

Verb

ēdit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of ēdō

Etymology

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer ‎(“edit, publish”). Or possibly from Latin editus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪt/, [ˈɛɾɪʔt̚]
  • Rhymes: -ɛdɪt

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