redact

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re⋅dact

[ri-dakt]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.

2.	to draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L redāctus (ptp. of redigere to lead back), equiv. to red- red- + āctus, ptp. of agere to lead; see act

Related forms:

re⋅dac⋅tion, noun

re⋅dac⋅tion⋅al, adjective

re⋅dac⋅tor, noun

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re·dact (rĭ-dākt')

tr.v. re·dact·ed, re·dact·ing, re·dacts

To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example).
To make ready for publication; edit or revise.

[Middle English redacten, from Latin redigere, redāct-, to drive back : re-, red-, re- + agere, to drive; see act.]
re·dac'tor (-dāk'tər, -tôr') n.

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Word Origin & History

redact

1432, from L. redact-, pp. stem of redigere "to bring back, collect, reduce," from re- "back, again" + agere "to drive" (see act).

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