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redact

n.
US //ɹɪˈdækt// UK //ɹɪdˈækt// redact Archaic
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Origin

From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigō (“drive, lead, collect, reduce”), from re- (“back”) + agō (“put in motion, drive”). Piecewise doublet of react.

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