Codifier and Editing

noun

• Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form.
  • synonyms: redaction

verb

• Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.
  • usage: "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
  • synonyms: edit, redact
• Supervise the publication of.
  • usage: "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
  • synonyms: edit
• Cut and assemble the components of.
  • usage: "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
  • synonyms: edit, cut, edit out
• Cut or eliminate.
  • usage: "she edited the juiciest scenes"
  • synonyms: edit, blue-pencil, delete