v. t. [ L. redactus, p. p. of redigere; pref. red-, re-, again, back + agere to put in motion, to drive. ] To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] See Redactor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. rédaction. ] The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., for OF. redent a double notching or jagging, as in the teeth of a saw, fr. L. pref. re- re- + dens, dentis, a tooth. Cf. Redented. ]
v. t.
How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness? Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. redargutio. ] The act of redarguing; refutation. [ Obs. or R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]