Associations to the word «Retrace»

Wiktionary

RETRACE, verb. (transitive) To trace again; to go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery.
RETRACE, noun. (television) 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.

Dictionary definition

RETRACE, verb. To go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path".
RETRACE, verb. Reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke