Definitions for TRADUCE
trəˈdus, -ˈdyustra·duce

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mudverb

   speak unfavorably about

   "She badmouths her husband everywhere"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. traduceverb

   To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.

2. traduceverb

   To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.

3. traduceverb

   To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.

4. Etymology: From traduco, from trans + duco.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Traduceverb

   Etymology: traduco, Lat. traduire, Fr.

   1. To censure; to condemn; to represent as blameable; to calumniate; to decry.

   The best stratagem that Satan hath, who knoweth his kingdom to be no one way more shaken than by the publick devout prayers of God’s church, is by traducing the form and manner of them, to bring them into contempt, and so slack the force of all mens devotion towards them. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   Those particular ceremonies which they pretend to be so scandalous, we shall more thoroughly sift, when other things also traduced in the publick duties of the church are, together with these, to be touched. Richard Hooker, b. iv.

   Whilst calumny has such potent abetters, we are not to wonder at its growth: as long as men are malicious and designing they will be traducing. Gov. of the Tongue.

   From that preface he took his hint; though he had the baseness not to acknowledge his benefactor, but instead of it to traduce me in libel. John Dryden, Fab.

   2. To propagate; to encrease by deriving one from another.

   None are so gross as to contend for this,
   That souls from bodies may traduced be;
   Between whose natures no proportion is,
   When root and branch in nature still agree. Davies.

   From these only the race of perfect animals were propagated and traduced over the earth. Matthew Hale.

   Some believe the soul is made by God, some by angels, and some by the generant: whether it be immediately created or traduced hath been the great ball of contention to the latter ages. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

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1. traduce

   To traduce is to speak badly of, slander, or falsely criticize someone or something. It can also mean to malign or attack someone's reputation through misrepresentation or spreading rumors.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Traduceverb

   to transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants

2. Traduceverb

   to translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works

3. Traduceverb

   to increase or distribute by propagation

4. Traduceverb

   to draw away; to seduce

5. Traduceverb

   to represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of

6. Traduceverb

   to expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Traduce

   tra-dūs′, v.t. to calumniate: to defame.—ns. Traduce′ment, the act of traducing: (Shak.) misrepresentation, calumny; Tradū′cer.—adj. Tradū′cible.—adv. Tradū′cingly. [L. traducĕre, to lead along—trans, across, ducĕre, to lead.]

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Anagrams for TRADUCE »

1. curated

2. Decatur

3. educrat

How to pronounce TRADUCE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say TRADUCE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TRADUCE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TRADUCE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=TRADUCE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Traduce
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=TRADUCE
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TRADUCE
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=TRADUCE
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=TRADUCE