redact
[ ri-dakt ]
/ rɪˈdækt /
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.
Words nearby redact
red-tag, red-tailed hawk, red-top, red-wat, red-winged blackbird, redact, redan, redargue, redback, redbait, redbank whiteoak
Origin of redact
OTHER WORDS FROM redact
re·dac·tion, nounre·dac·tion·al, adjectivere·dac·tor, nounun·re·dact·ed, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH redact
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Examples from the Web for redactor
The obvious propriety of such a relationship was bound sooner or later to strike the imagination of some redactor.
The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac|Jessie L. WestonStill more welcome is the assignment of vi, 45-viii, 27, to the redactor.
Sources of the Synoptic Gospels|Carl S. PattonVerse 19 is probably the work of the redactor (RP) who inserted the song.
Not the original Homer, but some later matcher and patcher, imitator or redactor.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
British Dictionary definitions for redactor
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 forms of redact
redaction, nounredactional, adjectiveredactor, nounWord Origin for redact
C15: from Latin redigere to bring back, from red- re- + agere to drive
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