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retracer

verb B2
  1. to recount, to tell (transitive) · retracer les glorieux exploits d’un héros to recount a hero's glorious exploits
  2. to redraw, to draw again (transitive) · Ce dessin n’est pas bien tracé, il faut le retracer. This picture is not drawn well, it needs to be redrawn.· Tout le retrace à mes yeux. Everything reminds me of it.
  3. to remember (reflexive) · Je m’en retrace parfaitement bien l’image. I remember its image perfectly well.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
retracer
Present participle
retraçant
Past participle
retracé
Present (je)
retrace
Future (je)
retracerai
Passé composé (je)
ai retracé

From the library

qu'arriverait-il de moi qui ne puis oublier le mal qu'en me retraçant le bien ?
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 1112 · C1

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