Edit \Ed"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.]

[F. ['e]diter, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)