From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Edit \Ed"it\ ([e^]d"[i^]t), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Philosophical treatises which have never been edited.
--Enfield.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
edited \edited\ adj.
improved or corrected by critical editing.
Syn: emended.
[WordNet 1.5]