Be seen to edit a paper (6)
I believe the answer is:
appear
'be seen' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'edit a paper' is the wordplay.
'edit' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'edited' mean this).
'a'+'paper'='apaper'
'apaper' anagrammed gives 'APPEAR'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for appear that I've seen before include "Become visable" , "hove in sight" , "Present oneself" , "Come into sight, materialise" , "Develop" .)