Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-DI'TION, n. [L. editio, from edo, to publish.]

1. The publication of any book or writing; as, the first edition of a new work.
2. Republication, sometimes with revision and correction; as, the second edition of a work.
3. Any publication of a book before published; also one impression or the whole number of copies published at once; as, the tenth edition.