First Known Use: 15th century
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redact
verb re·dact \ri-ˈdakt\
Definition of REDACT
transitive verb
1
: to put in writing : frame
2
: to select or adapt (as by obscuring or removing sensitive information) for publication or release; broadly : edit
3
: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release
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Origin of REDACT
Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere
Rhymes with REDACT
abstract, attract, class act, compact, contact, contract, crookbacked, detract, didact, diffract, distract, enact, entr'acte, epact, exact, extract, humpbacked, hunchbacked, impact, infract, intact, mossbacked, playact, protract, react, refract, retract, sex act, subtract, swaybacked, transact, unbacked
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