Meaning of RETRACE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'treys
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- [v] of past events
- [v] to go back over again, as of a route or steps; "we retraced the route we took last summer"
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| | Synonyms: | | construct, reconstruct, trace |
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| | See Also: | | come back, conjecture, etymologise, etymologize, get back, go back, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, return, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize | |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*trace"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer.
Cf. {Retract}.]
1. To trace back, as a line.
Then if the line of Turnus you retrace, He springs
from Inachus of Argive race. --Driden.
2. To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over
again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps;
to retrace one's proceedings.
3. To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a
drawing; to draw again.
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