Syn.-Vestige; mark; token. See Vestige.
Trace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. traced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tracing.] [OF.
tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL. tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p.
of trahere to draw. Cf. Abstract, Attract, Contract, Portratt, Tract,
Trail, Train, Treat. ] 1. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks;
especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines
and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear;
as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child,
slowly lading into the twilight of the woods.
Hawthorne.
2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which
has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. Cowper.
You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.
T. Burnet.