▪ I. edit, v.
(ˈɛdɪt)
[(1) f. L. ēdit-us, pa. pple. of ēdĕre to put forth, f. ē out + dăre to put, give; (2) back-formation from editor n.]
† 1. To publish, give to the world (a literary work by an earlier author, previously existing in MS.). Chiefly in pa. pple., after L. ēditus. Obs.
| 1791 Enfield tr. Brucker's Hist. Philos. II. 367 [Abelard] wrote many philosophical treatises which have never been edited. |
2. a. To prepare an edition of (a literary work or works by an earlier author); so with the name of the author as obj., e.g. ‘to edit Horace, Shakespeare’, etc. b. To prepare, set in order for publication (literary material which is wholly or in part the work of others). Sometimes euphemistically for: To garble, ‘cook’ (e.g. a war-correspondent's dispatch, etc.). c. To be or act as the editor of (a newspaper or other periodical).
| 1793 V. Knox Lett. to Yng. Nobleman (R.), Read..the few orations of Demosthenes, which Monteney has edited. 1835 Dickens Lett. (1880) I. 3 To write and edit a new publication. 1880 E. White Cert. Relig. 72 The progress of science and art in editing from ancient manuscripts. 1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 647/2 It has not been guilty of the..folly of attempting to ‘edit’ the news. |
d. To prepare a film for the cinema or recordings for broadcasting, etc. (by eliminating unwanted material, etc.); = cut v. 21 e. Also with in and out.
| 1917 Sci. Amer. 8 Dec. 441/3 Editing a film is perhaps the most interesting phase of laboratory work. 1933 A. Brunel Filmcraft 94, I have myself edited..35 mm. films with just a bench, scissors..winder, film cement, a brush to put it on with, and a bin to unroll my film into. 1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Yr. 122/1 Mobile recording vans with a new method of editing records. 1961 Encounter XVI. 49 Her [sc. Ada Leverson's] frequent use of film scenario devices..‘editing in’ scenes and themes apparently unrelated to the one that, in realistic terms, she is just then evoking. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 265 Pot-cut, editing a short segment of unwanted material out of a programme..by quickly fading out and fading in again. 1969 J. Elliot Duel iii. v. 312 Keep running... We can edit this out. |
Hence ˈedited ppl. a.
| Mod. A carefully edited work. |
▪ II. edit, n.
(ˈɛdɪt)
[f. the vb.]
a. An act or spell of editing, esp. a recording; the action or process of editing; also, edited material. b. A feature or facility that allows for or performs editing.
| 1960 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture & Television Engineers Mar. 164/3 Edit sync is applied to the cue track of the video-tape recorder. 1961 Cinemeditor Oct. 3/2 The edit point lies somewhere within the ninety frames encompassed by the four images. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vii. 126 Fluffs, where the speaker has gone back on himself. Again an edit will generally improve intelligibility. 1964 AFIPS Conf. Proc. XXVI. 354/2 At completion of the edit, all subroutines within an area are sequentially assigned. 1968 N.Y. Times 1 July 51 New York Magazine has been running so light on ads recently that a friend of the ad director said, ‘It's just like Channel 13, just uninterrupted good edit.’ 1970 New Yorker 7 Mar. 96 At times the movie feels like a travelogue... Luckily, the fast edit keeps the action from sagging. 1976 Gramophone Oct. 627/1 A clumsy edit at bar 18 in No. 13 is also apparent. 1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) xxxviii. 968 Features such as program edit..are common on today's CNC [sc. computerized numerical control] machines. 1984 Which Micro? Dec. 96 (Advt.), text mode with..continuous screen edit. 1986 Keyboard Player Apr. 3/3 The sophisticated edit facilities allow complicated musical forms to be created. |
▸ edit suite n. an integrated collection of equipment for editing film, video tape, audio tape, etc., or (later) for digital editing; a room or other location containing such equipment.
| 1982 Financial Times 5 Oct. 22/8 Teletape Video is supplying a computerised post production *edit suite, costing over {pstlg}1m to the Nigerian Television Authority. 1988 Millimeter Apr. 180/2 Onzieme Ciel is a Montreal postproduction and computer-graphics company with two on-line interformat edit suites, one off-line bay, a sound studio, and 3-D animation. 2001 P. Reizin Dumping Hilary? (2002) i. 13 One [sc. a cigarette] after lunch. More during the afternoon. Loads more if I'm writing or in the edit suite. One with the first drink in bar. |