The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - editv.

1) redact, copy-edit, rewrite, rephrase, modify, alter, adapt, change, revise, correct, emend, style, restyle, polish, touch up: His job is to edit the stories into idiomatic English. 2) Often, edit out. blue-pencil, cut (out) , delete, censor, erase, bleep, blip; bowdlerize, expurgate, clean up: They edited out all his slanderous asides before broadcasting the interview. 3) cut, condense, compress, shorten, crop, reduce: The story has to be edited so that it fits on one page. 4) prepare, compile, assemble, select, arrange, organize, order, reorganize, reorder: Margoliouth edited the collected letters of Andrew Marvell.