traduction

traduction is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Translation from one language to another. [Obs.]
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [R.] "The traduction of brutes." Sir M. Hale.
  4. 4.Transition. [Obs.] Bacon.
  5. 5.(Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to. Jevons.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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