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Webster 1913 Edition


Prodition

Pro-di′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
proditio
, from
prodere
to give forth, betray: cf. OF.
prodition
.]
Disclosure; treachery; treason.
[Obs.]
Ainsworth.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prodition

PRODI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. proditio, form prodo, to betray; supposed to be compounded of pro and do, to give.] Treachery; treason.

Definition 2024


prodition

prodition

English

Noun

prodition (countable and uncountable, plural proditions)

  1. (obsolete) Disclosure.
  2. (obsolete) Treachery; treason.
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References

  • prodition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  1. prodition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911