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To redact is defined as to write out or edit for publication.

(verb)

An example of to redact is to create a legal document.
An example of to redact is to delete classified information from a document before it is published.

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See redact in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to write out or draw up (a proclamation, edict, etc.); frame
to arrange in proper form for publication; edit

Origin: ME redacten < L redactus, pp. of redigere, to bring into a certain condition, reduce to order (see re- & act): in redactsense , prob. back-form. < redaction

Related Forms:

redactor noun

See redact in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·dact·ed, re·dact·ing, re·dacts

To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example).
To make ready for publication; edit or revise.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English redacten

Origin: , from Latin redigere, redāct-, to drive back

Origin: : re-, red-, re-

Origin: + agere, to drive; see act

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Related Forms:

re·dacˈtor (-dăkˈtər, -tôrˌ) noun

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