"trace" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtraːs(ə)/ Forms: traces [plural]
Etymology: From Old French trace, from tracer, tracier. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|trace}} Old French trace, {{m|fro|tracer}} tracer, {{m|fro|tracier}} tracier Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} trace, {{enm-noun|traces}} trace (plural traces)
  1. A trail, track or road; a pathway or route:
    An track that isn't demarcated; an informal pathway.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-trace-enm-noun-atQjmtts Disambiguation of Roads: 37 37 7 9 3 8 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 26 8 29 14 18 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 7 27 16 21 4
  2. A trail, track or road; a pathway or route:
    A trace; a trail of evidence left of something's presence.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-trace-enm-noun-gyTr0WNS Disambiguation of Roads: 37 37 7 9 3 8
  3. One's lifepath or decisions; one's chosen actions. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-trace-enm-noun-4Y9Lw-M- Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 26 8 29 14 18 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 7 27 16 21 4
  4. Stepping or movement of feet, especially during dancing. Tags: Late-Middle-English Categories (topical): Dance, Gaits
    Sense id: en-trace-enm-noun-eo8MADNA Disambiguation of Dance: 18 5 16 33 20 7 Disambiguation of Gaits: 11 12 12 30 16 18 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 26 8 29 14 18 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 7 27 16 21 4
  5. (rare, heraldry) A straight mark. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-trace-enm-noun-zRyIMOdP Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 26 8 29 14 18 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 7 27 16 21 4 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: traas, trase Derived forms: tracen, tracyng
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} trace
  1. Alternative form of tracen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tracen
    Sense id: en-trace-enm-verb-nJQoFczT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for trace meaning in Middle English (5.8kB)

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        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
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      "word": "traas"
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    {
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      "word": "trase"
    }
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          "tracen#Middle English"
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