tracen

tracen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trace, tras, tracyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tracer, tracier, from Vulgar Latin *tractiō; equivalent to trace +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtraːsən/

Verb

tracen (Late Middle English)

1. To go along a set route; to follow an itinerary or planned route.
2. To walk towards a moving thing; to be following someone or something.
3. To track or trace something; to find a moving thing.
4. To participate in dancing or footwork; to move one's feet rhythmically.
5. (rare) To find out or research something; to think about something.
6. (rare) To trace an object; to draw something based on an outline.
7. (rare) To embellish; to ornament or spread something.
8. (rare) To work on; to generate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tracen (weak)

infinitive	(to) tracen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	trace	tracede
2nd person singular	tracest	tracedest
3rd person singular	traceth, traceþ	tracede
plural	tracen	traceden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	trace	tracede
plural	tracen	traceden
imperative	present
singular	trace
plural	traceth, traceþ
participle	present	past
	tracende, tracinge	traced, ytraced

Descendants

• English: trace

References

• “trācen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.

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Spanish

Verb

tracen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of trazar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of trazar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of trazar.