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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
traduce .
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Examples
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That of the Mohammedans, who make him an eminent angel, and sometimes say it is Gabriel; which, being traduced from the Macedonians of old, hath found some defenders and promoters in our days.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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To have my name traduced in public; in inns, among the meanest vulgar! to have any little favours, that my unguarded heart may have too lightly betrayed me to grant, boasted of there! nay, even to hear that you had been forced to fly from my love!”
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The Spain full-back is unimpressed at having his good name traduced in this manner.
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To have my name traduced in public; in inns, among the meanest vulgar! to have any little favours that my unguarded heart may have too lightly betrayed me to grant, boasted of there! nay, even to hear that you had been forced to fly from my love! "
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730
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"In the Muslim tradition," Mr. Lewis noted, "justice is the standard" of good government—and the very thing the ancien regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya so flagrantly traduced.
Why Islamists Are Winning Bret Stephens 2011
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If it is proved that she has given a misleading account, and traduced long-standing and dedicated public servants in the process, then neither her sex nor her seniority should make a jot of difference to her fate.
Neither her sex nor status should save Theresa May if she's misled us | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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Read them and judge for yourself whether the lofty defender of Otis Ferry has been traduced.
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Like Amis, he felt damaged and traduced by the media, and for him, too, the best qualities of the country remained the spirit of its everyday life, with a backward tilt in Osborne's case to the musical hall and a near-mystical nostalgia for the Edwardian age.
Cursing one's homeland before fleeing overseas, Martin Amis, is a cliche 2011
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More fundamentally, they traduced their mission, betrayed their fellow soldiers, and disgraced their country.
Wonk Room » Weekly Standard Backs Prosecution Of Bush Officials 2009
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They turned their speeches into soundbite after soundbite, applause line after applause line, and a great political tradition was traduced.
The Internet Helps Us Get Serious Peggy Noonan 2011
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