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SYLLABICATION:re·dact
PRONUNCIATION:  r-dkt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: re·dact·ed, re·dact·ing, re·dacts
1. To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example). 2. To make ready for publication; edit or revise.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English redacten, from Latin redigere, redct-, to drive back : re-, red-, re- + agere, to drive; see act.
OTHER FORMS:re·dactor (-dktr, -tôr) —NOUN
 
 
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