traduce

traduce
traducement, n.traducer, n.traducingly, adv.
/treuh doohs", -dyoohs"/, v.t., traduced, traducing.
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
[1525-35; < L traducere, var. of transducere to transfer, display, expose, equiv. to trans- TRANS- + ducere to lead]
Syn. vilify, decry, disparage.
Ant. praise.

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