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redact

Verb (transitive)

re=dact

WORDNET DICTIONARY

redact(n = noun.person) redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter - someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication; Array

has particulars: abbreviator, abridger

is a kind of editor, editor in chief

Derived form verb redact₂

redact(v = verb.communication) cast, couch, frame, put - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

is one way to articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, word

Derived form noun redaction₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

redact(v = verb.change) edit - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Derived forms noun redact₁, noun redaction₁, noun redactor₁

Sample sentence:
They won't redact the story

redact, v. t. [L. redactus, p. p. of redigere; pref. red-, re-, again, back + agere to put in motion, to drive.].

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. [1913 Webster]

redact, v.tr. put into literary form; edit for publication.

Derivative

redactor n.

Etymology

L redigere redact- (as RE-, agere bring)

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