[red-pen-suh
l] 
) -cilled, -cil⋅ling. | to delete, censor, correct, or abridge (written material) with or as if with a pencil having a red lead: His book was heavily red-penciled before it got clearance. |
| red-pen·cil (rěd'pěn'səl) tr.v. red-pen·ciled also red-pen·cilled, red-pen·cil·ing also red-pen·cil·ling, red-pen·cils also red-pen·cils To censor, cut, revise, or correct with or as if with a red pencil. |