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Redaction

noun

Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form. Synonym: editing.

The act of putting something in writing.

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... Lionardo Buonarroti. From Lionardo they descended to his son, Michael Angelo, who was himself a poet of some mark. This grand-nephew of the sculptor prepared them for the press, and gave them to the world in 1623. On his redaction the commonly received version of the poems rested until 1863, when Signor Cesare Guasti of Florence, having gained access to the original manuscripts, published a critical edition, preserving every peculiarity of the autograph, and adding a prose paraphrase ...

— Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 - The Fine Arts • John Addington Symonds

... certain that stories were added at a later time. This is evident from the divergences seen in the different manuscripts, and by the additional stories collected by Payne and Burton. But in their present form, everything points to the final redaction of the 'Nights' in Egypt. Of all the cities mentioned, Cairo is described the most minutely; the manners and customs of the personae are those of Egyptian society—say from the thirteenth to the sixteenth ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2 • Charles Dudley Warner

... transliteration to be accurate, whereas, in the case of a translation, the greatest care would naturally be taken to preserve the original sacred text with all nicety and accuracy, since upon accuracy and nicety the whole efficacy of the formulas rested. The redaction of the incantation texts in the double style must not be regarded as a necessary indication of high antiquity, but only as a proof that the oldest incantation texts were written in the ideographic style, and that ...

— The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria • Morris Jastrow

Words linked to "Redaction" : writing, copy editing, redact, composition, revising, penning, correction, deletion, authorship, written material, excision, literature, piece of writing, rewriting, cut