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blue-pencil

blue-pen·cil (past and past participle blue-pen·ciled or blue-pen·cilled, present participle blue-pen·cil·ing or blue-pen·cil·ling, 3rd person present singular blue-pen·cils)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
edit: to edit a piece of writing by marking it, in order to shorten, censor, or delete it

[< the use of a blue pencil in the editing process]
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