About The Word Redact

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Redact

Redact Meaning & Definition
Redact Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Redact: cast | couch | edit | frame | put | redactor | reviser | rewrite man | rewriter

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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

Redact In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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