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Definitions for: Redact [n] someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
[v] make editorial changes (in a text)
[v] formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*dact" (r?*d?kt"), 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.
Synonyms: cast, couch, edit, frame, put, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter
See Also: abbreviator, abridger, alter, articulate, black out, blank out, blue-pencil, bracket, bracket out, change, copyedit, copyread, cut up, delete, editor, falsify, formulate, hack, interpolate, phrase, subedit, word
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