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overtrace

overtrace verb: to trace over.

Verb

overtrace (third-person singular simple present overtraces, present participle overtracing, simple past and past participle overtraced)

  1. (transitive) To trace over.
    • He decides to overtrace the moko on Te Rau's face.2014, Peter Wells, Journey to a Hanging

Forms of overtrace

third-person singular presentovertraces
present participleovertracing
past participleovertraced
pastovertraced

Origin of overtrace

From over- + trace.

Questions about overtrace

What does overtrace mean?
Overtrace means to trace over.
What part of speech is overtrace?
Overtrace is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtrace?
The past tense of overtrace is overtraced.

Words near overtrace in the dictionary

  1. overtower
  2. overtowered
  3. overtowering
  4. overtowers
  5. Overtown
  6. overtrace
  7. overtraced
  8. overtraces
  9. overtracing
  10. overtrack
  11. overtrade

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