redact

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

   • The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.
   • The names and email addresses of the users were redacted from the public data.
   • By the time the Department of Defense is done redacting, there won't be much left to read.
2. 2

   To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing…

   To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

3. 3

   To reduce to form, as literary matter

   To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

   • […] the account of his second expedition was carefully redacted, […]
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   1. 4

      To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.

      • 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.
   2. 5

      To bring together in one unit

      To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.

      • Octauianus Augustus, his successor and nevewe, redacte in to oon monarchy the realmes of alle the worlde.
   3. 6

      To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole

      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.

      • 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.
   4. 7

      To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.

   5. 8

      To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.

   6. 9

      To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.

      • […] the grite penuritie and indigence quhairunto the puir handy-labouraris, and utheris his hienes subiectis of all esteatis ar redactit be that occasioun, […]
   7. 10

      To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

      • […] the principall mans or manerie of thame lordis Erilis of Orchadie hes beine syndrie tymis brint and redactit till nocht […]

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