(of written material) corrected, condensed, or otherwise modified in preparation for publication

the article is an edited version of a lecture paper

prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it

Volume I was edited by J. Johnson

be editor of (a newspaper or magazine)

he began to edit the magazine in 1923

alter (a gene or other nucleotide sequence) by the insertion, deletion, or replacement of one or more nucleotides

in recent years, scientists have sought more precise ways to edit the genome