Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to traduce
Participle: traduced
Gerund: traducing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | traduce |
| you | traduce |
| he;she;it | traduces |
| we | traduce |
| you | traduce |
| they | traduce |
Perfect
| I | have traduced |
| you | have traduced |
| he;she;it | has traduced |
| we | have traduced |
| you | have traduced |
| they | have traduced |
Past
| I | traduced |
| you | traduced |
| he;she;it | traduced |
| we | traduced |
| you | traduced |
| they | traduced |
Pluperfect
| I | had traduced |
| you | had traduced |
| he;she;it | had traduced |
| we | had traduced |
| you | had traduced |
| they | had traduced |
Future
| I | will traduce |
| you | will traduce |
| he;she;it | will traduce |
| we | will traduce |
| you | will traduce |
| they | will traduce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have traduced |
| you | will have traduced |
| he;she;it | will have traduced |
| we | will have traduced |
| you | will have traduced |
| they | will have traduced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | traduce |
| you | traduce |
| he;she;it | traduce |
| we | traduce |
| you | traduce |
| they | traduce |
Perfect
| I | have traduced |
| you | have traduced |
| he;she;it | have traduced |
| we | have traduced |
| you | have traduced |
| they | have traduced |
Imperfect
| I | traduced |
| you | traduced |
| he;she;it | traduced |
| we | traduced |
| you | traduced |
| they | traduced |
Pluperfect
| I | had traduced |
| you | had traduced |
| he;she;it | had traduced |
| we | had traduced |
| you | had traduced |
| they | had traduced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would traduce |
| you | would traduce |
| he;she;it | would traduce |
| we | would traduce |
| you | would traduce |
| they | would traduce |
Perfect
| I | would have traduced |
| you | would have traduced |
| he;she;it | would have traduced |
| we | would have traduced |
| you | would have traduced |
| they | would have traduced |
Imperative
| you | traduce |
| we | Let's traduce |
| you | traduce |
Verbs conjugated like 'traduce'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'traduce'
traduct,
tranduce,
produce,
reduce,
trace,
trade,
trance,
transduce,
abduce,
adduce,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
- slander
- defame, calumniate, disparage, malign, revile, vilify, decry, depreciate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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."
2. From Latin trādūcō (“carry over; lead as a spectacle, dishonor”), from trāns + dūcō (“to lead”). Doublet of transduce, from Latin trānsdūcō. See: Latin '
trādūcō', Latin '
trānsdūcō'.
Sample Sentences
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This heauy headed reueale eaſt and weſt / Makes vs traduſt, and taxed of other nations, / They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition […] [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:]
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Well I'll not debate how far Scandal may be allowable—but in a man I am sure it is always contemtable.—We have Pride, envy, Rivalship, and a Thousand motives to depreciate each other—but the male-slanderer must have the cowardice of a woman before He can traduce one. [1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, I.i:]
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I am earnestly desirous then, my dear Sir, that you should let the world into the traits of your genuine character, as civil broils may otherwise tend to disguise or traduce it. [1771–1790, Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography [Part 2]”, in John Bigelow, editor, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., published 1868, →OCLC, page 203:]
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“The chief men of the Jews became his enemies and traduced him to the principal persons in the town, hoping to make him ashamed or afraid.” [1881, The Gospel in All Lands, page 176:]
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Clayton interrupted him. “Stop!” he cried. “Stop! What manner of cur are you that you traduce the character of a good woman whom we believe dead! God! I was a fool ever to let you live—you are not fit to live even in this vile land.” [1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 201:]
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Someone must have traduced Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning. [1935, W. & E. Muir, transl., The Trial, translation of Der Prozess by Franz Kafka:]
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Now, I hold no candle for the train operators, and I think that in the main they have been far too craven about any government proposals. But in this instance, they have been badly traduced, led up the hill, and then chucked back down it. [2023 November 15, Christian Wolmar, “Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco”, in RAIL, number 996, page 47:]
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However therefore this complexion was first acquired, it is evidently maintained by generation, and by the tincture of the skin as a spermatical part traduced from father unto son […]. [1650, Thomas Browne, chapter X, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:]
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From Davenant down to Dumas, from the Englishman who improved Macbaeth to the Frenchman who traduced into the French of Paris four acts of Hamlet, and added a new fifth act of his own, Shakespeare has been disturbed in a way he little thought of when he menacingly provided for the repose of his bones. [1865 Mar, “The Last of the Tercentenary”, in Temple Bar, volume XIII:]