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untrace

untrace verb: to remove from the traces; to unharness.

Verb

untrace (third-person singular simple present untraces, present participle untracing, simple past and past participle untraced)

  1. (transitive) To remove from the traces; to unharness.
  2. (transitive) To remove a trace from.
    • It is important to untrace a function before modifying its definition, since some tools may not be smart enough to realize that the version of reScale on the session frame is only for debugging!1998, John M. Chambers, Programming with Data: A Guide to the S Language, page 268

Forms of untrace

third-person singular presentuntraces
present participleuntracing
past participleuntraced
pastuntraced

Origin of untrace

From un- + trace.

Questions about untrace

What does untrace mean?
Untrace means to remove from the traces; to unharness.
What part of speech is untrace?
Untrace is a verb.
What is the past tense of untrace?
The past tense of untrace is untraced.

Words near untrace in the dictionary

  1. untowelled
  2. untowered
  3. untownlike
  4. untrabeculated
  5. untracable
  6. untrace
  7. untraceability
  8. untraceable
  9. untraceableness
  10. untraceably
  11. untraced

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