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traffique

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Noun

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traffique (countable and uncountable, plural traffiques)

  1. Obsolete spelling of traffic.

Verb

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traffique (third-person singular simple present traffiques, present participle traffiquing, simple past and past participle traffiqued)

  1. Obsolete spelling of traffic.
    • 1629, “The Life of Father Paul, of the Order of the Servi []”, in Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The History of the Council of Trent [], published 1676, page v:
      In Venice he exercised Merchandise, though with no great prosperity. He traffiqued also into Soria, but with no better fortune; []
    • a. 1658, James Durham, The Unsearchable Riches of Christ [], published 1745, page 104:
      As a man is said to converse in France or Spain, when he trades and traffiques there []
    • 1759, William Robertson, The History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI [], 2nd edition, page 163:
      He drove many of the traffiquing Priests out of the kingdom.