verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To read text (of a newspaper etc.) and edit it to correct mistakes.
2. 2
   edit and correct (written or printed material) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

copyeditsubedit

Etymology

From copy + read.

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