"tracen" meaning in Middle English

See tracen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtraːsən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French tracer, tracier, from Vulgar Latin *tractiō; equivalent to trace + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|tracer}} Old French tracer, {{der|enm|VL.|*tractiō}} Vulgar Latin *tractiō, {{af|enm|trace|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} trace + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} tracen, {{tlb|enm|Late ME}} (Late Middle English) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|trac}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tracen [infinitive], to tracen [infinitive], trace [infinitive], trace [first-person, present, singular], traced [first-person, past, singular], tracest [present, second-person, singular], tracedest [past, second-person, singular], traceth [present, singular, third-person], traced [past, singular, third-person], trace [present, singular, subjunctive], traced [past, singular, subjunctive], trace [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], tracen [plural, present], trace [plural, present], traceden [past, plural], tracede [past, plural], traceth [imperative, plural, present], trace [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], tracynge [participle, present], tracende [participle, present], traced [participle, past], ytraced [participle, past], trace [alternative], tras [alternative], tracyn [alternative]
  1. To go along a set route; to follow an itinerary or planned route. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-tracen-enm-verb-fSnl58v7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20
  2. To walk towards a moving thing; to be following someone or something. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-tracen-enm-verb-RFoXVni4
  3. To track or trace something; to find a moving thing. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-tracen-enm-verb-nJinSfcv
  4. To participate in dancing or footwork; to move one's feet rhythmically. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-tracen-enm-verb-gqklfe4G Categories (other): Dance Disambiguation of Dance: 1 0 0 85 0 1 9 4
  5. (rare) To find out or research something; to think about something. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-tracen-enm-verb-4ZsWU8Ba Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20
  6. (rare) To trace an object; to draw something based on an outline. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-tracen-enm-verb-0Gg3VKL8 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20
  7. (rare) To embellish; to ornament or spread something. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-tracen-enm-verb-YwE3z7xy Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20
  8. (rare) To work on; to generate. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-tracen-enm-verb-GTjFoXqc Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Transport Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 15 10 10 11 13 11 13 18 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 14 8 8 10 11 11 14 23 Disambiguation of Transport: 11 15 13 14 10 8 9 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Travel Disambiguation of Travel: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French tracer, tracier, from Vulgar Latin *tractiō; equivalent to trace + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tracen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to tracen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tracest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traceth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traceden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traceth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ytraced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tras",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracyn",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "Late ME"
      },
      "expansion": "(Late Middle English)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "trac"
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    }
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "To go along a set route; to follow an itinerary or planned route."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To walk towards a moving thing; to be following someone or something."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To track or trace something; to find a moving thing."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracen-enm-verb-nJinSfcv",
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          "trace",
          "trace"
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      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "1 0 0 85 0 1 9 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Dance",
          "orig": "enm:Dance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To participate in dancing or footwork; to move one's feet rhythmically."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find out or research something; to think about something."
      ],
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      "links": [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To find out or research something; to think about something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trace an object; to draw something based on an outline."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracen-enm-verb-0Gg3VKL8",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To trace an object; to draw something based on an outline."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To embellish; to ornament or spread something."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracen-enm-verb-YwE3z7xy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To embellish; to ornament or spread something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 10 10 11 13 11 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "20 7 9 9 12 13 11 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "14 8 8 10 11 11 14 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "11 15 13 14 10 8 9 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Transport",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To work on; to generate."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracen-enm-verb-GTjFoXqc",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To work on; to generate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtraːsən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tracen"
}
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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to tracen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traceth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traceden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traceth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "traced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ytraced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trace",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tras",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tracyn",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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      "name": "head"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "Late ME"
      },
      "expansion": "(Late Middle English)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trac"
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      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To go along a set route; to follow an itinerary or planned route."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To walk towards a moving thing; to be following someone or something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To track or trace something; to find a moving thing."
      ],
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        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ],
        [
          "trace",
          "trace"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To participate in dancing or footwork; to move one's feet rhythmically."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find out or research something; to think about something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "research",
          "research"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To find out or research something; to think about something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trace an object; to draw something based on an outline."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To trace an object; to draw something based on an outline."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To embellish; to ornament or spread something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To embellish; to ornament or spread something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To work on; to generate."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To work on; to generate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtraːsən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tracen"
}

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