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re⋅dact

  [ri-dakt]
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–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

  1. To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example).

  2. 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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