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or publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper. Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.

A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

See Luxe.

An editor. [Obs.]

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks. editorial content

In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.

The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.

A female editor.

To guard as a churchwarden does. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton.

The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.

A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium.

; faith; trust; confidence. When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit into them, nor received them. 1 Macc. x. 46.

A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities. ]

A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

Worthy of belief. [Obs.] Divers creditable witnesses deposed. Ludlow.

The quality of being creditable.

In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.

One who credits, believes, or trusts. The easy creditors of novelties. Daniel.