To assemble the components of (a film or soundtrack, for example), as by cutting and splicing, To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc, the matter of, for publication, To be the editor of a publication, verb_ prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting, supervise the publication of, To change a text, or a document, noun_ An act or instance of editing