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Definition of Redact
1. Noun. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
Specialized synonyms: Abbreviator, Abridger
Generic synonyms: Editor, Editor In Chief
Derivative terms: Revise, Rewrite, Rewrite
2. Verb. Formulate in a particular style or language. "She cast her request in very polite language"
Generic synonyms: Articulate, Formulate, Give Voice, Phrase, Word
Derivative terms: Cast, Frame, Redaction
3. Verb. Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting. "They won't redact the story "; "She edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Alter, Falsify, Interpolate, Cut Up, Hack, Black Out, Blank Out, Copyedit, Copyread, Subedit, Bracket, Bracket Out
Derivative terms: Editing, Editor, Redaction, Redactor
Definition of Redact
1. v. t. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
Definition of Redact
1. Verb. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. ¹
2. Verb. To censor, used by a government when parts of a document are kept secret and the remainder released. ¹
3. Verb. (legal) To black out text for other purposes, such as in law, when legally protected sections of text are obscured in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Redact
1. to prepare for publication [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Redact
Literary usage of Redact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliotheca Grenvilliana by John Thomas Payne, Henry Foss, Thomas Grenville, William Brenchley Rye (1842)
"Lugd. Bat. apud Danielem a Gaes- beeck, 1678. 16mo. LP в. м. This is the largest
paper. —• A Jo. Bapt. Pisacane in Carmina redact!. Neapoli, 1694. ..."
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