Decrease and Edit

decrease

A change downward.
- usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
- synonyms: lessening, drop-off
A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
- synonyms: decrement
The amount by which something decreases.
- synonyms: decrement
The act of decreasing or reducing something.
- synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

Decrease in size, extent, or range.
- usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
- synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
Make smaller.
- usage: "He decreased his staff"
- synonyms: lessen, minify

(v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
(v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
(n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
(v.) The wane of the moon.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

edit

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: redact
Supervise the publication of.
- usage: "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
Cut and assemble the components of.
- usage: "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
- synonyms: cut, edit out
Cut or eliminate.
- usage: "she edited the juiciest scenes"
- synonyms: blue-pencil, delete

(v.t.) To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Edit is a feminine given name