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retrace

[ree-treys] Origin

re-trace

[ree-treys]
verb (used with object), -traced, -trac·ing.
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
Also, retrace.


Origin:
1750–60; re- + trace1

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re·trace

[ri-treys]
verb (used with object), -traced, -trac·ing.
1.
to trace backward; go back over: to retrace one's steps.
2.
to go back over with the memory.
3.
to go over again with the sight or attention.

Origin:
1690–1700; < French retracer, Middle French retracier, equivalent to re- re- + tracier to trace1

re·trace·a·ble, adjective
re·trace·ment, noun
non·re·trace·a·ble, adjective
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retrace (rɪˈtreɪs)
 
vb
1.  to go back over (one's steps, a route, etc) again: we retraced the route we took last summer
2.  to go over (a past event) in the mind; recall
3.  to go over (a story, account, etc) from the beginning
 
re'traceable
 
adj
 
re'tracement
 
n

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retrace
1697, from Fr. retracer "to trace again," from M.Fr. retracier, from re- "again" + tracier "to trace" (see trace).
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