tracen
See also: traćen
Catalan
Galician
Verb
tracen
- inflection of trazar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Middle English
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)
- To go along a set route; to follow an itinerary or planned route.
- To walk towards a moving thing; to be following someone or something.
- To track or trace something; to find a moving thing.
- To participate in dancing or footwork; to move one's feet rhythmically.
- (rare) To find out or research something; to think about something.
- (rare) To trace an object; to draw something based on an outline.
- (rare) To embellish; to ornament or spread something.
- (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
- inflection of trazar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
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