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n. The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. traducens, p. pr. of traducere. See Traduce. ] Slanderous. [ R. ] Entick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who derives or deduces. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A believer in traducianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theol.) The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being derived or propagated. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being traduced or calumniated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. traducere, traductum. See Traduce. ] To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer. [ Obs. ] Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. traductio a transferring: cf. F. traduction translation. See Traduce. ] 1. Transmission from one to another. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Traditional communication and traduction of truths. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Translation from one language to another. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Derivation by descent; propagation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If by traduction came thy mind,
Our wonder is the less to find
A soul so charming from a stock so good. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [ R. ] “The traduction of brutes.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Transition. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to. Jevons. [ 1913 Webster ]