From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Edit \Ed"it\ ([e^]d"[i^]t), verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
edited \edited\ adjective improved or corrected by critical editing.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: improved or corrected by critical editing; "the emended text" [syn: {emended}]
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