Redact

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redact
       n : someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
           [syn: {redactor}, {reviser}, {rewriter}, {rewrite man}]
       v 1: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
            it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
            language" [syn: {frame}, {cast}, {put}, {couch}]
       2: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting,
          revising, or adapting; "Edit a a book on lexical
          semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so
          as to omit the most personal passages" [syn: {edit}]