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t. [= F. éditer = Sp. editar, He [Plato] wrote and ordeyned lawes moste eqal and iust. He edityed unto the Grekes [the plan of] a com on welt he stable, quyet and commendable. J. Locher, Prol. to Barclay's tr. of Ship of Fools (ed. [Jamie son), I. 6. 2. To make a recension or revision of, as a manuscript or printed book; prepare for publication or other use in a clarified, altered, corrected, or annotated form; collate, verify, elucidate, amend, etc., for general or special use. Abelard wrote many philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield. tainty were excavated before the Christian Era. There There are at least four Viharas which we know for cersuch care as to enable us to feel confident in affixing dates J. Fergu on, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 144. probably forty, but they have not yet been edited with to them. 3. To supervise the preparation of for publi cation; control, select, or adapt the contents of, as a newspaper, magazine, encyclopedia, or other collective work. = Sp.