• Redact

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ɹɪˈdækt/

    Origin

    From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigō ("drive, lead, collect, reduce"), from re- ("back") + agō ("put in motion, drive").

    Full definition of redact

    Verb

    1. (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one. 15th-16th c.
    2. (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.
    3. (obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme. 16th c.
    4. (obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person. 17th c.
    5. (obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable. 16th-18th c.
    6. (obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction. 16th-17th c.
    7. 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, ...
    8. (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.
    9. 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.
    10. (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.

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