Traduce — Defs

01 v. t. 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

1.
To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants.[Obs.]
2.
To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works.[Obs.]
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.]
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.