Traduct
(Tra*duct") v. t. [L. traducere, traductum. See Traduce.] To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to
transfer. [Obs.] Fotherby.
Traduct
(Tra*duct"), n. That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation. [Obs.] Howell.
Traduction
(Tra*duc"tion) n. [L. traductio a transferring: cf. F. traduction translation. See Traduce.]
1. Transmission from one to another. [Obs.]
Traditional communication and traduction of truths.
Sir M. Hale. 2. Translation from one language to another. [Obs.]
3. Derivation by descent; propagation. [R.]
If by traduction came thy mind,
Our wonder is the less to find
A soul so charming from a stock so good.
Dryden. 4. The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [R.] "The traduction of brutes." Sir M. Hale.
5. Transition. [Obs.] Bacon.
6. (Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of
the premises applies to. Jevons.
Traductive
(Tra*duc"tive) a. Capable of being deduced; derivable. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
Traffic
(Traf"fic) 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 -fy, 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 ]
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.
2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
Traffic
(Traf"fic), v. t. To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
Traffic
(Traf"fic), n. [Cf. F. trafic, It. traffico, Sp. tráfico, tráfago, Pg. tráfego, LL. traficum, trafica. See
Traffic, v.]
1. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade.
A merchant of great traffic through the world.
Shak.
The traffic in honors, places, and pardons.
Macaulay. 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.
2. Commodities of the market. [R.]
You 'll see a draggled damsel
From Billingsgate her fishy traffic bear.
Gay.
