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Redact   /rɪdˈækt/   Listen
Redact

noun
1.
Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.  Synonyms: redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter.
verb
1.
Formulate in a particular style or language.  Synonyms: cast, couch, frame, put.  "She cast her request in very polite language"
2.
Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.  Synonym: edit.  "She edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"



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"Redact" Quotes from Famous Books



... Granting security clearances to certain State and local personnel is one way to facilitate the sharing of information regarding specific terrorist threats among Federal, State, and local levels of government. (7) Methods exist to declassify, redact, or otherwise adapt classified information so it may be shared with State and local personnel without the need for granting additional security clearances. (8) State and local personnel have capabilities and opportunities to gather information on suspicious activities and terrorist threats not possessed ...
— Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Updated Through October 14, 2008 • Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives

... on, do, drive): (1) agent, agitate, agile, act, actor, actuate, exact, enact, reaction, counteract, transact, mitigate, navigate, prodigal, assay, essay; (2) agenda, pedagogue, synagogue, actuary, redact, castigate, litigation, ...
— The Century Vocabulary Builder • Creever & Bachelor

... in the Palais Royal where "there has been erected, apparently by subscription, a kind of Wooden Tent, most convenient—where select Patriotism can now redact resolutions, deliver harangues, with comfort, let the weather be as it will. Lively is that Satan-at-Home! On his table, on his chair, in every cafe, stands a patriotic orator; a crowd round him within; a crowd listening from without, open-mouthed, through ...
— Orphans of the Storm • Henry MacMahon



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