to trace one's ancestry

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• trace — trace1 /trays/, n., v., traced, tracing. n. 1. a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige: traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins. 2. a barely discernible… …   Universalium

• ancestry — n. 1) to trace one s ancestry 2) of (a certain) ancestry (to be of French ancestry) * * * [ ænsəstrɪ] to trace one s ancestry of (a certain) ancestry (to be of French ancestry) …   Combinatory dictionary

• trace — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from tracer to trace Date: 14th century 1. archaic a course or path that one follows 2. a. a mark or line left by something that has passed; also footprint b. a path, trail, or road made by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• trace — trace1 [treıs] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(find somebody/something)¦ 2¦(origins)¦ 3¦(history/development)¦ 4¦(copy)¦ 5¦(with your finger)¦ 6 trace a call ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: tracier, from Vulgar Latin tractiare to pull , from …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• trace — I [[t]treɪs[/t]] n. v. traced, trac•ing, 1) a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige 2) a barely discernible indication or evidence of some quantity, quality, characteristic …   From formal English to slang

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