Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retrace"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. --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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retrace
v 1: to go back over again, as of a route or steps; "we retraced
the route we took last summer" [syn: {trace}]
2: of past events [syn: {reconstruct}, {construct}]
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