RETRA'CE, verb transitive 1. To trace back; to go back in the same path or course; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings. 2. To trace back, as a line. Then if the line of Tumus you retrace he springs from Inachus of Argive race.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI