Edit Verne with audacity (5)
I believe the answer is:
nerve
'audacity' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'edit verne' is the wordplay.
'edit' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'edited' mean this).
'verne' is an anagram of 'NERVE'.
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for nerve that I've seen before include "Cceek or courage" , "Bundle of fibres in the body (5)" , "Steadiness, courage" , "Temerity" , "Fibre that transmits instructions to the brain" .)