'Retrace' definitions:
Definition of 'retrace'
(from WordNet)
verb
To go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" [syn: trace, retrace]
verb
Reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace]
Definition of 'Retrace'
From: GCIDE
- Retrace \Re*trace"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer. Cf. Retract.]
- 1. To trace back, as a line. [1913 Webster]
- Then if the line of Turnus you retrace, He springs from Inachus of Argive race. --Driden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retrace'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bring back,
- bring to mind,
- call back,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- conjure up,
- evoke,
- go back,
- go back over,
- hark back,
- look back,
- mind,
- re-examine,
- reappraise,
- rebehold,
- recall,
- recall to mind,
- recapture,
- recheck,
- recollect,
- reconsider,
- reevoke,
- reflect,
- reinquire,
- remember,
- rethink,
- retrospect,
- revaluate,
- review,
- review in retrospect,
- revise,
- revive,
- see in retrospect,
- summon up,
- think back,
- think of,
- use hindsight