redact (n.)

  1. someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

    [ Syn: redactor , reviser , rewriter , rewrite man ]

    redact (v.)

  1. formulate in a particular style or language; I wouldnt 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 book on lexical semantics; she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages

    [ Syn: edit ]

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