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Noun: redact  ri'dakt
  1. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
    - redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man
Verb: redact  ri'dakt
  1. Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
    "redact a book on lexical semantics";
    - edit
     
  2. (of text) censored or obscure so that it cannot be read (e.g. for security or legal reasons)
     
  3. Formulate in a particular style or language
    - frame, cast, put, couch

Derived forms: redacting, redacted, redacts

Type of: alter, articulate, change, editor, editor in chief, formulate, give voice, modify, phrase, word

Encyclopedia: Redact