'Redact' definitions:
Definition of 'redact'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication [syn: redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man]
verb
Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch]
verb
Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" [syn: edit, redact]
Definition of 'Redact'
From: GCIDE
- Redact \Re*dact"\ (r?*d?kt"), v. t. [L. redactus, p. p. of redigere; pref. red-, re-, again, back + agere to put in motion, to drive.] To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. [1913 Webster]