untread

American  

[uhn-tred] / ʌnˈtrɛd /

verb (used with object)

untrod, untrodden, untrod, untreading

1. to go back through in the same steps.

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untread British  

/ ʌnˈtrɛd /

verb

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

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Etymology

Origin of untread

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

Example Sentences

Often it was untread ground in criminal law.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

There are moments when I would untread the paths that I have trod.

From Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by Braithwaite, William Stanley

The question was formally debated before the Council, whether, even at this point, they should untread their steps, and, throwing themselves upon the Czarina's 30 mercy, return to their old allegiance.

From De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars by Simonds, William Edward

To him replied the stranger wearily: Where is the horse that doth untread again His tedious measures with the unbated fire That he did pace them first?

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur