What is the meaning of redact?

noun

• Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
  • synonyms: redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man

verb

• Formulate in a particular style or language.
  • usage: "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
  • synonyms: frame, cast, put, couch
• Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.
  • usage: "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
  • synonyms: edit