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edition

edi.tion \i-'dish-*n\ n [MF, fr. L edition-, editio publication, edition, 
   fr. editus,] pp. of edere to bring forth, publish, fr. e- + -dere to put or 
   -dere (fr. dare to give) - more at DO, DATE 1a: the form in which a text 
   (as a printed book) is published  1b1: the whole number of copies published 
   at one time  1b2: one of the several issues of a newspaper for a single day 
    2: COPY, VERSION