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Webster 1913 Edition
Traduce
Tra-duce′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Traduced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Traducing
.] [L.
traducere
, traductum
, to lead across, lead along, exhibit as a spectacle, disgrace, transfer, derive; trans
across, over + ducere
to lead: cf. F. traduire
to transfer, translate, arraign, fr. L. traducere.
See Duke
.] 1.
To transfer; to transmit; to hand down;
as, to
. traduce
mental qualities to one’s descendants[Obs.]
Glanvill.
2.
To translate from one language to another;
as, to
. traduce
and compose works[Obs.]
Golden Boke.
3.
To increase or distribute by propagation.
[Obs.]
From these only the race of perfect animals were propagated and
traduced
over the earth. Sir M. Hale.
4.
To draw away; to seduce.
[Obs.]
I can forget the weakness
Of the
Of the
traduced
soldiers. Beau. & Fl.
5.
To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
6.
To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.
The best stratagem that Satan hath . . . is by
traducing
the form and manner of them [prayers], to bring them into contempt. Hooker.
He had the baseness . . . to
traduce
me in libel. Dryden.
Syn. – To calumniate; vilify; defame; disparage; detract; depreciate; decry; slander.
Webster 1828 Edition
Traduce
TRADU'CE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To represent as blamable; to condemn. The best stratagem that Satan hath, is by traducing the form and manner of the devout prayers of God's church.
2.
To calumniate; to vilify; to defame; willfully to misrepresent. As long as men are malicious and designing, they will be traducing.
He had the baseness to traduce me in libel.
3.
To propagate; to continue by deriving one from another. From these only the race of perfect animals was propagated and traduced over the earth. [Not in use.]