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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Traduce \Tra*duce"\, verb (used with an object) [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 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
traduce
verb: speak unfavorably about; "She badmouthes her husband everywhere" [syn: {badmouth}, {malign}, {drag through the mud}]
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