Webster's Dictionary 1828

1675

TRADITION

TRADI'TION, noun [Latin traditio, from trado, to deliver.]1. Delivery; the act of delivering into the hands of another.A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.Th...

1676

TRADITIONAL

TRADI'TIONALTRADI'TIONALLY, adverb By transmission from father to son, or from age to age; as an opinion or doctrine traditionally derived from the apostles, is of no authority....

1677

TRADITIONALLY

TRADI'TIONALLY, adv. By transmission from father to son, or from age to age; as an opinion or doctrine traditionally derived from the apostles, is of no authority.

1678

TRADITIONARY

TRADI'TIONARY, adjective Delivered orally from father to son; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as traditiona...

1679

TRADITIONER

TRADI'TIONERTRADI'TIONIST, noun One who adheres to tradition.

1680

TRADITIONIST

TRADI'TIONIST, n. One who adheres to tradition.

1681

TRADITIVE

TRAD'ITIVE, adjective [Latin trado.] Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age to age, by oral communication.Suppose we on things traditive divide.

1682

TRADITOR

TRAD'ITOR, noun [Latin] 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.

1683

TRADUCE

TRADU'CE, verb transitive [Latin traduco; trans, over, and duco, to lead.]1. To represent as blamable; to condemn.The best stratagem that Satan hath, is by traducing the form an...

1684

TRADUCED

TRADU'CED, participle passive Misrepresented; calumniated.

1685

TRADUCEMENT

TRADU'CEMENT, noun Misrepresentation; ill founded censure; defamation; calumny. [Little used.]

1686

TRADUCENT

TRADU'CENT, adjective Slandering; slanderous.

1687

TRADUCER

TRADU'CER, noun One that traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator.

1688

TRADUCIBLE

TRADU'CIBLE, adjective That may be orally derived or propagated. [Little used.]

1689

TRADUCING

TRADU'CING, participle present tense Slandering; defaming; calumniating.

1690

TRADUCINGLY

TRADU'CINGLY, adverb Slanderously; by way of defamation.

1691

TRADUCTION

TRADUC'TION, noun [Latin traductio.] Derivation from one of the same kind; propagation.If by traduction came thy mind,Our wonder is the less to findA soul so charming from a sto...

1692

TRADUCTIVE

TRADUC'TIVE, adjective Derivable; that may be deduced.

1693

TRAFFICK

TRAF'FICK, noun [Latin trans.]1. Trade; commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling. This word, like trade, comprehends every species of dealing in the exchange or passi...

1694

TRAFFICKABLE

TRAF'FICKABLE, adjective Marketable. [Not in use.]

1695

TRAFFICKER

TRAF'FICKER, noun One who caries on commerce; a trader; a merchant. Isaiah 8:1.

1696

TRAFFICKING

TRAF'FICKING, participle present tense Trading; bartering; buying and selling goods, wares and commodities.

1697

TRAGACANTH

TRAG'ACANTH, noun [Latin tragacanthum; Gr. a goat, and thorn.]1. Goat's thorn; a plant of the genus Astragalus, of several species, growing in Syria, Candia, etc. almost all of ...

1698

TRAGEDIAN

TRAGE'DIAN, noun [Latin tragoedus. See Tragedy.] A writer of tragedy.1. More generally, an actor of tragedy.

1699

TRAGEDY

TRAG'EDY, noun [Gr. said to be composed of a goat, and a song, because originally it consisted in a hymn sung in honor of Bacchus by a chorus of music, with dances and the sacri...

1700

TRAGI-COMEDY

TRAGI-COM'EDY, noun A kind of dramatic piece representing some action passed among eminent persons, the event of which is not unhappy, in which serious and comic scenes are blen...

1701

TRAGI-COMIC

TRAGI-COM'ICTRAGI-COM'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of a mixture of grave and comic scenes.