a. Obs. rare. [L. ex trāduce, ex out of + trāduce, abl. of trādux vine-layer, f. trā-(trans) across + dūc-ĕre to lead.] lit. From or after the fashion of a layer; hence, derived as from a parent stock.
[1641. Clarendon, Ess., Tracts (1727), 225. That it [the Soul] is ex traduce, and begotten with the Body by the Father.
1632. Howell, Lett. (1655), II. 31. Ther cannot be a more pregnant instance to prove that human souls com not ex traduce [1688 extraduce].]
1720. W. Stukeley, in Mem. (1882), I. 15. Either an extraduce Inclination or Imitation at least of my Father.
