The verb edit has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) edit, redact -- (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages")
2. edit -- (supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years")
3. edit, cut, edit out -- (cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape")
4. edit, blue-pencil, delete -- (cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes")