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To prepare written material for publication by correcting, condensing, or modifying it.

Past tense and past participle of edit; prepared or modified written material.

A feminine given name of Old English origin.

Present participle of edit; the act of preparing or modifying written material.

A particular form or version of a published text.

A person who prepares written material for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it.

Relating to the commissioning or preparing of material for publication.

To give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to someone, especially as a formal process.

Having received a good education, especially at a high level.

The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction.

Relating to education or the provision of education.

A representation of the letter E, or the sound it makes.

A snake-like fish with a slender elongated body, smooth slimy skin, and no pelvic fins.

Strange and frightening; inspiring a sense of fearful unease.

A change that is the result of an action or cause.

Successful in producing a desired or intended result.

In a way that produces the intended result; successfully.

Plural of effect; results or consequences of an action or cause.

The state or quality of being efficient; the ability to accomplish something with the least waste of time, effort, or resources.

Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

A vigorous or determined attempt.

Plural of effort; vigorous or determined attempts to do something.

An oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, or fish, containing an embryo that develops into a young animal.

Plural of egg; oval objects laid by female birds, reptiles, or fish.

A person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

Used to ask for confirmation or agreement (especially in Canadian English).

The number equivalent to the sum of four and four; one more than seven; 8.

The number equivalent to the sum of ten and eight; one more than seventeen; 18.

Constituting number eight in a sequence; 8th.

The number equivalent to eight times ten; 80.

One or the other of two.

(North American, informal) An elevated railway, especially in Chicago.

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; complex.

The joint between the forearm and the upper arm.

Plural of elbow; the joints between the forearms and upper arms.

(Of a person) older; senior (used especially of siblings).

(Of a person) old or aging; past middle age.

(Archaic) A variant of alderman; a chief or governor of a shire or district in Anglo-Saxon England.

Plural of elder; people who are older.

(Of a person) oldest; the first-born or oldest surviving member of a family.

Chosen by voting for a position or office.

A formal process by which people vote to choose a person for a political office or other position.

Plural of election; formal voting processes to choose people for positions.

Relating to, producing, or operated by electricity.

Relating to, operating by, or producing electricity.

A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.

Relating to the interrelation of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.

Having or operating with components such as microchips and transistors that control and direct electric currents.

The branch of physics and technology concerned with the design of circuits using transistors and microchips, and with the behavior and movement of electrons.

Gracefully refined and dignified in appearance, manner, or style.