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8 words match “RETRACE”

RETRACE v. 3 definitions
To trace back, as a line. Then if the line of Turnus you retrace, He springs from Inachus of Argive race. Driden.
IRRETRACEABLE a.
Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable.
BACK a.
ent running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]
GO v.
To retrace (one's path or footsteps). (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] -- To go below (Naut), to go below deck. -- To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander. -- To go beyond. See under Beyond. -- To go by, to pass away un…
REMEASURE v.
To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.
REVIEW v.
To retrace; to go over again. Shall I the long, laborious scene review Pope.
TURN v. 2 definitions
To cause to return or retrace one's steps; hence, to drive away; to repel. Shak. -- To turn down. (a) To fold or double down. (b) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn down cards. (c) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve, stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights. -- To turn in. (a)…
UNTREAD v.
To tread back; to retrace. Shak.