Definition of traduce Traduce

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We found 12 definitions of traduce from 5 different sources.

What does traduce mean?

Verb
traduce - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere"
		badmouth, malign, drag through the mud
		asperse, calumniate, defame, slander, besmirch, denigrate, smirch, sully, smear charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

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traduce (Verb)
To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
traduce (Verb)
To pass on to one's children, future generations etc. ; to transmit.
traduce (Verb)
To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.

traduce (v. t.)
To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants.
traduce (v. t.)
To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works.
traduce (v. t.)
To increase or distribute by propagation.
traduce (v. t.)
To draw away; to seduce.
traduce (v. t.)
To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.
traduce (v. t.)
To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.

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.]