Traduce

Definition of Traduce

Tra`duce´

v. t.	1.	To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants. [imp. & p. p. Traduced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Traducing .]
	2.	To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works.
	3.	To increase or distribute by propagation. From these only the race of perfect animals were propagated and traduced over the earth. - Sir M. Hale.
	4.	To draw away; to seduce. 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.
	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.

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