retrace

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to go back over again

   we retraced the route we took last summer

2. 2
   verb

   To go back over something, usually in an attempt at rediscovery.

   He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.

3. 3
   verb

   reassemble mentally

4. 4
   verb

   To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.

5. 5
   verb

   To undergo retracement.

6. 6
   noun

   The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.

7. 7
   noun

   An instance of retracement.

Etymology

From French retracer, from Middle French retracier.