Doing some editing is a common task for many people, especially those in the writing and publishing industries. To do some editing, one might need to AMEND, which means to make minor changes; SPLICE, which means to join two or more pieces together; DELE, which means to delete something; EMEND, which means to make corrections; REVISE, which means to make changes to improve something; and rewrite, which means to create something new from existing material.