"redacts" in the noun sense
1. redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man
someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
"redacts" in the verb sense
1. frame, redact, cast, put, couch
formulate in a particular style or language
"I wouldn't put it that way"
"She cast her request in very polite language"
2. edit, redact
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"
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