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Webster 1913 Edition

Traduction

Tra-duc′tion

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Traduction

TRADUC'TION

,
Noun.
[L. traductio.] Derivation from one of the same kind; propagation.
If by traduction came thy mind,
Our wonder is the less to find
A soul so charming from a stock so good.
1.
Tradition; transmission from one to another; as traditional communication and traduction of truth. [Little used.]
2.
Conveyance; transportation; act of transferring; as the traduction of animals from Europe to America by shipping.
3.
Transition.

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