tracest

tracest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of trace.

tracest is the superlative form of trace.

Meaning of trace

trace (third-person singular simple present traces, present participle tracing, simple past and past participle traced)

(transitive) To follow the trail of.
- I feel thy power […] to trace the ways / Of highest agents.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
To follow the history of.
- You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.
(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
(obsolete, transitive) To copy; to imitate.
- That servile path thou nobly dost decline, / Of tracing word by word, and line by line.1647, John Denham, To Sir Richard Fanshaw
(intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
- Not wont on foote with heavy armes to trace.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 29

trace + -est

What is tracest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?: Tracest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of trace.

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