Tra-dūçe', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. TRADUCED (-dūst'); p. pr. & vb. n. TRADUCING.] [Lat. traducere, to lead along, to exhibit as a spectacle, to disgrace, to transfer, to derive, from trans, across, over, and ducere, to lead; It. tradurre, Sp. traducir, Fr. traduire, to transfer, translate, arraign.]
Sense 1. To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of. [Obs.]
Sense 2. To represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame; willfully to misrepresent; to expose to contempt.
The best stratagem that Satan hath is by traducing the form and manner of the devout prayers of God's church. Hooker.
He had the baseness to traduce me in libel. Dryden.
Sense 3. To translate from one language to another. [Obs.]
Sense 4. To draw away; to seduce. [Obs.]
I can never forget the weakness of the traduced soldiers. Beau. & Fl.
Sense 5. To propagate; to transmit, as a trait, by propagation; to distribute or cause to spread by propagation; to hand down. [Obs.]
From these only the race of perfect animals was propagated and traduced over the earth. Hale.
Synonyms—To calumniate; vilify; defame; disparage; detract; depreciate; decry; slander.