traduce

  • 21traduce — v. a. Vilify, defame, revile, slander, malign, calumniate, asperse, abuse, decry, disparage, depreciate, blemish, run down, speak ill of, wilfully misrepresent, expose to contempt …

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  • 22traduce — verb (T) formal to deliberately say things that are untrue or unpleasant …

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  • 23traduce — v 1. malign, defame, calumniate, slander, libel, misrepresent, lie about; vilify, asperse, cast aspersions on, denigrate, speak ill of, slur, smear, give a bad name, backbite, Sl. badmouth; defile, vitiate, blacken, bespatter, besmirch, soil,… …

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  • 24traduce — tra·duce …

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  • 25traduce — tra•duce [[t]trəˈdus, ˈdyus[/t]] v. t. duced, duc•ing to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame • Etymology: 1525–35; < L trādūcere, var. of trānsdūcere to transfer, display =trāns trans +dūcere to lead tra•duce′ment, n. tra•duc′er …

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  • 26traduce —   v.t. slander.    ♦ traduction,    ♦ traducement, n …

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  • 27traduce — v.tr. speak ill of; misrepresent. Derivatives: traducement n. traducer n. Etymology: L traducere disgrace (as TRANS , ducere duct lead) …

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  • 28ex traduce — ekˈsträdüˌkā adjective Etymology: Late Latin ex traduce, literally, from a vine layer archaic, of the soul : having direct origin from the souls of the parents …

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  • 29Traduced — Traduce Tra*duce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Traduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Traducing}.] [L. traducere, traductum, to lead across, lead along, exhibit as a spectacle, disgrace, transfer, derive; trans across, over + ducere to lead: cf. F. traduire to… …

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  • 30Traducing — Traduce Tra*duce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Traduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Traducing}.] [L. traducere, traductum, to lead across, lead along, exhibit as a spectacle, disgrace, transfer, derive; trans across, over + ducere to lead: cf. F. traduire to… …

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