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Definition of traduce verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

traduce

verb
 
/trəˈdjuːs/
 
/trəˈduːs/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they traduce
 
/trəˈdjuːs/
 
/trəˈduːs/
he / she / it traduces
 
/trəˈdjuːsɪz/
 
/trəˈduːsɪz/
past simple traduced
 
/trəˈdjuːst/
 
/trəˈduːst/
past participle traduced
 
/trəˈdjuːst/
 
/trəˈduːst/
-ing form traducing
 
/trəˈdjuːsɪŋ/
 
/trəˈduːsɪŋ/
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  1. traduce somebody to say things about somebody that are unpleasant or not true synonym slander
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transport, transmit’): from Latin traducere ‘lead in front of others, expose to ridicule’, from trans- ‘over, across’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
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