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I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. redact, revise, arrange, digest, correct, prepare; select, adapt, compose, compile; issue, publish. See improvement, publication.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To prepare for publication]

Syn. revise, rewrite, correct, alter, redact, emend, excise, delete, expunge, edit out, make up, arrange materials for publication, prepare for the press, compose, compile, select, adapt, rearrange, set up, censor, expurgate, bowdlerize, amplify, polish, touch up, choose, annotate, condense, abridge, discard, strike out, write, rephrase, revamp, rework, restyle, rehash, prepare copy, correct proof, copy-edit, proofread, correct galleys, write headlines, cut, trim, redraft, update, blue-pencil*, boil down*, kill*, bleep out*, massacre*, butcher*, doctor up*, chase commas*.

2. [To supervise publication]

Syn. direct, publish, see through the press, formulate, dictate, style, draw up, prescribe, regulate, bring out, issue, distribute, disseminate.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

revise, correct, *blue pencil, refine, check, rewrite, polish, proofread, redact, doctor, cut, delete, condense, *clean up.