redact

[ ri-dakt ]

/ rɪˈdækt /

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verb (used with object)

to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.

to draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.).

to hide or remove (confidential parts of a text) before publication or distribution, or to examine (a text) for this purpose: The account number has been redacted from the top of the statement.

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Origin of redact

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin redāctus (past participle of redigere to lead back), equivalent to red- red- + āctus, past participle of agere to lead; see act

Related formsre·dac·tion, nounre·dac·tion·al, adjectivere·dac·tor, nounun·re·dact·ed, adjective

Can be confusedredact revise

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Examples from the Web for redacted

The security sections of the applications have been redacted online.
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Note: Names of individual officers allegedly targeted by Dorner have been redacted.
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A redacted version of the permit may be issued in the coming days, the spokesman added.
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Names and certain sections of the court documents had been redacted.
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According to the files, “this allows legitimate monies to flow into these accounts along with the proceeds from [redacted].”
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Their present report they redacted to the effect, "All correct as it stood," without once mentioning Heucking.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XXI. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for redacted

redact

/ (rɪˈdækt) /

verb (tr)

to compose or draft (an edict, proclamation, etc)

to put (a literary work, etc) into appropriate form for publication; edit

Derived Formsredaction, nounredactional, adjectiveredactor, noun

Word Origin for redact

C15: from Latin redigere to bring back, from red- re- + agere to drive

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Word Origin and History for redacted

redact

early 15c., "bring into organized form," from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere "to drive back, force back; bring back; collect, call in; bring down, reduce," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + agere "to drive" (see act (n.)). Specific meaning "arrange, edit" is from 1851.