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copy-edit - 2 dictionary results

cop⋅y⋅ed⋅it

[kop-ee-ed-it]
–verb (used with object)
1. to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, esp. for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc.
2. to copyread.
Also, copy-edit.


Origin:
1950–55; back formation from copy editor
cop·y·ed·it or cop·y-ed·it   (kŏp'ē-ěd'ĭt)   
tr.v.   cop·y·ed·it·ed or cop·y-ed·it·ed, cop·y·ed·it·ing or cop·y-ed·it·ing, cop·y·ed·its or cop·y-ed·its
To correct and prepare (a manuscript, for example) for typesetting and printing.
cop'y·ed'i·tor n.
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