tracen

See also: traćen

Catalan

Verb

tracen

1. third-person plural present indicative of traçar

Galician

Verb

tracen

1. inflection of trazar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trace, tras, tracyn

Etymology

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

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 in -ed)

infinitive	(to) tracen, trace
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	trace	traced
2nd-person singular	tracest	tracedest
3rd-person singular	traceth	traced
subjunctive singular	trace
imperative singular		—
plural1	tracen, trace	traceden, tracede
imperative plural	traceth, trace	—
participles	tracynge, tracende	traced, ytraced

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: trace

References

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

Spanish

Verb

tracen

1. inflection of trazar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative