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English Dictionary: retrace by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retrace
v
  1. to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
    Synonym(s): trace, retrace
  2. reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
    Synonym(s): reconstruct, construct, 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.
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