traduce

• And shall only take notice of such whose experimental and judicious knowledge shall be employed, not to traduce or extenuate, but to explain and dilucidate, to add and ampliate, according to the laudable custom of the ancients in their sober promotions of learning. —  Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation
• The Lord help me to "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others," and have the Charity that will not take a mean advantage of my neighbor because I have the chance, and thus traduce the precious name of the Holy Jesus by calling myself one of His followers. —  Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881
• It is to that lady whom you have dared to traduce--to her and no other. —  The Fool Errant
• In the end Crispinus with his fellow, Dekker-Demetrius, is bound over to keep the peace and never thenceforward "malign, traduce, or detract the person or writings of Quintus Horatius Flaccus [Jonson] or any other eminent man transcending you in merit." —  Every Man in His Humor
• No, Vermont Neighbor, I would never traduce your good name with the label —  Patterico's Pontifications

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