untread

[ uhn-tred ]

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verb (used with object),un·trod, un·trod·den or un·trod, un·tread·ing.

to go back through in the same steps.

Origin of untread

First recorded in 1585–95; un-² + tread

Words Nearby untread

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How to use untread in a sentence

A little further on we have, "We will untread the steps of damned flight;" but no change is needed here.
The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays | Thomas Keightley

British Dictionary definitions for untread

untread

/ (ʌnˈtrɛd) /

verb-treads, -treading, -trod, -trodden or -trod

(tr) rare to retrace (a course, path, etc)

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