Retrace

[Re*traceĀ·]

To retrace is to walk the same path again, or to follow a path someone else has taken. You could visit the town your ancestors came from and attempt to retrace their steps there.

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To trace back, as a line.

Verb
reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

Verb
to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"


v. t.
To trace back, as a line.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.


Retrace

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.
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.

To trace back, as a line.

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Usage Examples

It is easy to go down into Hell night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.