Redact
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈdækt/
Origin
From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigÅ ("drive, lead, collect, reduce"), from re- ("back") + agÅ ("put in motion, drive").
Full definition of redact
Verb
- (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one. 15th-16th c.
- c1475, , Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Chapter , Octauianus Augustus, his successor and nevewe, redacte in to oon monarchy the realmes of alle the worlde.
- (obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form. 15th-17th c.
- c1475, , Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century. Chapter , yere, laborede and founde the arte of logike; þe rewles of whom and causes of þe begynnenge Plato fyndenge encreasede hit moche; but Aristotille redacte hit in an arte.
- (obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme. 16th c.
- (obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person. 17th c.
- (obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable. 16th-18th c.
- 1595, w, Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland: Comp. from the Original Records and Mss., with Historical Illustrations Chapter , ... the grite penuritie and indigence quhairunto the puir handy-labouraris, and utheris his hienes subiectis of all esteatis ar redactit be that occasioun, ...
- (obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction. 16th-17th c.
- 1554, Dean Thomas Guild, Monk of Newbattle, The Bannatyne Miscellany; Containing Original Papers and Tracts, Chiefly Relating to the History and Literature of Scotland Chapter Diploma of Thomas, Bishop of Orkney and Zetland, and the Chapter of Kirkwall, Addressed to Eric King of Norway, Respecting the Genealogy of William Saint Clair, Earl of Orkney., ... the principall mans or manerie of thame lordis Erilis of Orchadie hes beine syndrie tymis brint and redactit till nocht ...
- To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. from 19th c.
- 1829, Robinson Hurst, The Monthly Review Chapter Memoires de w, ... the account of his second expedition was carefully redacted, ...
- (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc. from 19th c.
- 1837, w, w:The French Revolution: A History Chapter Mercury de Breze, The Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it.
- To censor, used by a government when parts of a document are kept secret and the remainder released.The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.
- (legal) To black out text for other purposes, such as in law, when legally protected sections of text are obscured in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.