RETRACING

Verb

retracing

present participle of retrace

Noun

retracing (plural retracings)

Act of tracing again.

Anagrams

• arrecting, cratering, recrating, terracing

Source: Wiktionary


RETRACE

Re*trace", v. t. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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