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traduce

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tra⋅duce

  [truh-doos, -dyoos]
Use traduce in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -duced, -duc⋅ing.
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
Origin:
1525–35; < L trādūcere, var. of trānsdūcere to transfer, display, expose, equiv. to trāns- trans- + dūcere to lead

Related forms:
tra⋅duce⋅ment, noun
tra⋅duc⋅er, noun
tra⋅duc⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
vilify, decry, disparage.

Antonyms:
praise.
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tra·duce   (trə-dōōs', -dyōōs')   
tr.v.   tra·duced, tra·duc·ing, tra·duc·es
To cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statements. See Synonyms at malign.

[Latin trādūcere, to lead as a spectacle, dishonor : trā-, trāns-, trans- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
tra·duce'ment n., tra·duc'er n., tra·duc'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

traduce 
1533, "to alter, change over, transport," from L. traducere "change over, convert," originally "lead along or across, transfer," from trans- "across" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). Sense of "defame, slander" (1586) is from L. traducere in the sense of "to scorn or disgrace," probably from the notion of "to lead along as a spectacle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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