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Tractarian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
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Tractarianism (?), n. (Ch. of England) The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the “Tracts for the Times.”
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Tractate (?), n. [L. tractatus a touching, handling, treatise. See Tractable, and a treatise, .] A treatise; a tract; an essay.
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Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are translated. Hare.
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Tractation (?), n. [L. tractatio.] Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. [Obs.]
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A full tractation of the points controverted. Bp. Hall.
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Tractator (?), n. [L., a handler.] One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian. [R.] C. Kingsley.
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Tractile (?), a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.] Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bacon.
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Tractility (?), n. The quality of being tractile; ductility. Derham.
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Traction (?), n. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw: cf. F. traction.] 1. The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
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2. Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
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3. Attraction; a drawing toward. [R.]
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4. The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like; as, the car is stuck in the snow because it can;t get any traction. Knight.
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Coloq. Angle of traction (Mech.), the angle made with a given plane by the line of direction in which a tractive force acts. -- Coloq. Traction engine , a locomotive for drawing vehicles on highways or in the fields.
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Tractional (?), a. Of or relating to traction.
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Traction wheel. (Mach.) (a) A locomotive driving wheel which acts by friction adhesion to a smooth track. (b) A smooth-rimmed friction wheel for giving motion to an endless link belt or the like.
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Tractite (?), n. A Tractarian.
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Tractitious (?), a. [See .] Treating of; handling. [R.]
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Tractive (?), a. Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
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Tractor (?), n. [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.] 1. That which draws, or is used for drawing.
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2. pl. (Med.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.
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3. a motor vehicle with a powerful engine and large wheels, used to pull farm equipment such as plows, harvesting machinery, etc., over farm land. Smaller forms of farm tractor are completely open, with only a seat for the driver.
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4. a motor vehicle with a driver's cab and a powerful engine, fitted with a coupling at the rear, and designed to pull a large trailer or semi-trailer on the open highway; -- called also truck tractor. The combination of such a tractor with its trailer is called a tractor-trailer, and is a common form of truck used for commercial shipping of freight.
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5. (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an aëroplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push; -- called also Tractor screw and Tractor propeller.
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6. (Aviation) An airplane having one or more tractor propellers; -- called also tractor airplane.
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Tractor airplane (?), n. (Aviation) An airplane having one or more tractor propellers; -- called also tractor.
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Tractoration (?), n. See .
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{ Tractor screw or Tractor propeller }. (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an airplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, Coloq. Tractor monoplane , Coloq. Tractor biplane , etc. This is the most common arrangement for propellers on modern airplanes.
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Tractor-trailer (?), n. a combination of a tractor{4} hooked up to a trailer, forming a common type of truck{7} used for carrying freight on highways. “Traffic was backed up for miles by a jackknifed tractor-trailer.”
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Tractory (?), n. [L. tractorius of drawing, fr. trahere, tractum, to draw.] (Geom.) A tractrix.
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Tractrix (?), n. [NL. See .] (Geom.) A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.
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Trad (?), obs. imp. of . Chaucer.
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Trade (?), n. [Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See , n. & v.] 1. A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.]
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A postern with a blind wicket there was,
A common trade to pass through Priam's house. Surrey.
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Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade. Spenser.
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Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway,
Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet
May hourly trample on their sovereign's head. Shak.
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2. Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment. [Obs.] “The right trade of religion.” Udall.
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There those five sisters had continual trade. Spenser.
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Long did I love this lady,
Long was my travel, long my trade to win her. Massinger.
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Thy sin's not accidental but a trade. Shak.
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3. Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing. [Obs.]
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Have you any further trade with us? Shak.
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4. Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.
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☞ Trade comprehends every species of exchange or dealing, either in the produce of land, in manufactures, in bills, or in money; but it is chiefly used to denote the barter or purchase and sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, either by wholesale or retail. Trade is either foreign or domestic. Foreign trade consists in the exportation and importation of goods, or the exchange of the commodities of different countries. Domestic, or home, trade is the exchange, or buying and selling, of goods within a country. Trade is also by the wholesale, that is, by the package or in large quantities, generally to be sold again, or it is by retail, or in small parcels. The carrying trade is the business of transporting commodities from one country to another, or between places in the same country, by land or water.
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5. The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.
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Accursed usury was all his trade. Spenser.
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The homely, slighted, shepherd's trade. Milton.
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I will instruct thee in my trade. Shak.
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6. Instruments of any occupation. [Obs.]
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The house and household goods, his trade of war. Dryden.
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7. A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.
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8. pl. The trade winds.
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9. Refuse or rubbish from a mine. [Prov. Eng.]
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Syn. -- Profession; occupation; office; calling; avocation; employment; commerce; dealing; traffic.
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Coloq. Board of trade . See under . -- Coloq. Trade dollar . See under . -- Coloq. Trade price , the price at which goods are sold to members of the same trade, or by wholesale dealers to retailers. -- Coloq. Trade sale , an auction by and for the trade, especially that of the booksellers. -- Coloq. Trade wind , a wind in the torrid zone, and often a little beyond at, which blows from the same quarter throughout the year, except when affected by local causes; -- so called because of its usefulness to navigators, and hence to trade.
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☞ The general direction of the trade winds is from N. E. to S. W. on the north side of the equator, and from S. E. to N. W. on the south side of the equator. They are produced by the joint effect of the rotation of the earth and the movement of the air from the polar toward the equatorial regions, to supply the vacancy caused by heating, rarefaction, and consequent ascent of the air in the latter regions. The trade winds are principally limited to two belts in the tropical regions, one on each side of the equator, and separated by a belt which is characterized by calms or variable weather.
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Trade (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traded; p. pr. & vb. n. Trading.] 1. To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.
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A free port, where nations . . . resorted with their goods and traded. Arbuthnot.
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2. To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.
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3. To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with.
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How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth? Shak.
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Trade, v. t. To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.
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They traded the persons of men. Ezek. xxvii. 13.
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To dicker and to swop, to trade rifles and watches. Cooper.
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Trade, obs. imp. of .
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Traded, a. Professional; practiced. [Obs.] Shak.
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Tradeful, a. Full of trade; busy in traffic; commercial. Spenser.
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trade-in n. 1. an item of property, such as an automobile, that is given in part payment for a new one.
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Tradeless, a. Having no trade or traffic. Young.
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Trade-mark (?), n. A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
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Trade name. 1. (a) The name by which an article is called among traders, etc.; as, tin spirits is a common trade name in the dyeing industry for various solutions of tin salts. (b) An invented or arbitrary adopted name given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article to distinguish it as produced or sold by him.
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2. The name or style under which a concern or firm does business. This name becomes a part of the good will of a business; it is not protected by the registration acts, but a qualified common-law protection against its misuse exists, analogous to that existing in the case of trade-marks.
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Tradeoff, Trade-off (?), n. 1. the exchange of one thing (object, right, opportunity) for another of approximately equal value, so as to seal a bargain, or effect a compromise.
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2. the giving up of one desired objective in order to attain another, when both cannot be achieved at the same time; as, the factory workers viewed the trade-off of air quality for jobs as a necessary evil.
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Trader (?), n. 1. One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.
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2. A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
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Tradescantia (?), n. (Bot.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
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Tradesfolk (?), n. People employed in trade; tradesmen. [R.] Swift.
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Tradesman (?), n.; pl. Tradesmen (�). 1. One who trades; a shopkeeper.
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2. A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands. [U. S.] Burrill.
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Tradespeople (?), n. People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
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{ trades union (?), or Trade union }. An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.
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{ Trades-unionist, Trade-unionist }, n. A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.
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Tradeswoman (?), n.; pl. Tradeswomen (�). A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.
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Trading (?), a. 1. Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.
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2. Frequented by traders. [R.] “They on the trading flood.” Milton.
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3. Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician.
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Tradition (?), n. [OE. tradicioun, L. traditio, from tradere to give up, transmit. See , .] 1. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. “A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.” Blackstone.
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2. The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.
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3. Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed.
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Will you mock at an ancient tradition begun upon an honorable respect? Shak.
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Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pré. Longfellow.
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4. (Theol.) (a) An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.
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Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. Mark vii. 13.
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(b) That body of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put forth by Christ or his apostles, and not committed to writing.
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Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. 2 Thess. ii. 15.
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Coloq. Tradition Sunday (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; -- so called because the creed was then taught to candidates for baptism at Easter.
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Tradition, v. t. To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. [Obs.]
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The following story is . . . traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics. Fuller.
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Traditional (?), a. [Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis.] 1. Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
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2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. [R.] Shak.
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Traditionalism (?), n. A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes.
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Traditionalist (?), n. An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.
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Traditionally, adv. In a traditional manner.
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Traditionarily (?), adv. By tradition.
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Traditionary (?), a. Traditional.
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The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations. Buckminster.
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Traditionary, n.; pl. Traditionaries (�). [Cf. F. traditionnare.] One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.
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{ Traditioner (?), Traditionist, } n. [Cf. F. traditionniste.] One who adheres to tradition.
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Traditive (?), a. [L. tradere, traditum, to transmit, give up: cf. F. traditif.] Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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Suppose we on things traditive divide. Dryden.
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Traditor (?), n. [L., fr. tradere, traditum. See .] (Eccl. Hist.) A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives. Milner.
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Traduce (?), 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 transfer, translate, arraign, fr. L. traducere. See .] 1. To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants. [Obs.] Glanvill.
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2. To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works. [Obs.] Golden Boke.
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3. To increase or distribute by propagation. [Obs.]
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From these only the race of perfect animals were propagated and traduced over the earth. Sir M. Hale.
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4. To draw away; to seduce. [Obs.]
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I can forget the weakness
Of the traduced soldiers. Beau. & Fl.
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5. To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of. [Obs.] Bacon.
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6. To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.
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The best stratagem that Satan hath . . . is by traducing the form and manner of them [prayers], to bring them into contempt. Hooker.
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He had the baseness . . . to traduce me in libel. Dryden.
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Syn. -- To calumniate; vilify; defame; disparage; detract; depreciate; decry; slander.
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Traducement (?), n. The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. [R.] Shak.
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Traducent (?), a. [L. traducens, p. pr. of traducere. See .] Slanderous. [R.] Entick.
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Traducer (?), n. 1. One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator. Bp. Hall.
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2. One who derives or deduces. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Traducian (?), n. A believer in traducianism.
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Traducianism (?), n. (Theol.) The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism.
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Traducible, a. 1. Capable of being derived or propagated. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
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2. Capable of being traduced or calumniated. [R.]
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Traducingly, adv. In a traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously.
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Traduct (?), v. t. [L. traducere, traductum. See Traduce.] To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer. [Obs.] Fotherby.
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Traduct, n. That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation. [Obs.] Howell.
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Traduction (?), n. [L. traductio a transferring: cf. F. traduction translation. See .] 1. Transmission from one to another. [Obs.]
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Traditional communication and traduction of truths. Sir M. Hale.
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2. Translation from one language to another. [Obs.]
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3. Derivation by descent; propagation. [R.]
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If by traduction came thy mind,
Our wonder is the less to find
A soul so charming from a stock so good. Dryden.
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4. The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [R.] “The traduction of brutes.” Sir M. Hale.
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5. Transition. [Obs.] Bacon.
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6. (Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to. Jevons.
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Traductive (?), a. Capable of being deduced; derivable. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
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Traffic (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trafficked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trafficking (?).] [F. trafiquer; cf. It. trafficare, Sp. traficar, trafagar, Pg. traficar, trafegar, trafeguear, LL. traficare; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. L. trans across, over + -ficare to make (see , and cf. G. übermachen to transmit, send over, e. g., money, wares); or cf. Pg. trasfegar to pour out from one vessel into another, OPg. also, to traffic, perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. vicare to exchange, from L. vicis change (cf. ).] 1. To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.
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2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
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Traffic, v. t. To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
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Traffic, n. [Cf. F. trafic, It. traffico, Sp. tráfico, tráfago, Pg. tráfego, LL. traficum, trafica. See , v.] 1. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade.
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A merchant of great traffic through the world. Shak.
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The traffic in honors, places, and pardons. Macaulay.
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☞ This word, like trade, comprehends every species of dealing in the exchange or passing of goods or merchandise from hand to hand for an equivalent, unless the business of relating may be excepted. It signifies appropriately foreign trade, but is not limited to that.
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