retravelv.
/ˌriːˈtravl/, U.S. /riˈtræv(ə)l/ transitive. To travel (a route) again. Occasionally intransitive. Also in extended use.
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society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > again
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1754 Trial Elizabeth Canning 173/1 His not having retravelled any Part of the Road..is the probable and natural Reason of his Incapacity to describe the other Parts of his Journey.
1781 J. Byng Diary 5 July in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 52 I will, shou'd I retravell this road, take a closer inspection of it.
1808 R. Southey Let. 26 Nov. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) III. 196 We will talk about Spain, and retravel your route, a part of which I remember as vividly as I do my father's house.
1869 W. J. Courthope Ludibria Lunae iii. 73 Some soul re-travelling thence.
1924 Sci. News-let. 25 Oct. 9 The route traveled by this expedition of over a century ago has never been retraveled.
1979 Spectator 20 Oct. 20/1 (advt.) In this enthralling autobiography the author of Maquis..retravels the course of his life from his childhood to his war-time exploits as a terrorist in the Resistance.
2000 J. R. Colombo Ghost Stories of Canada 187 The only thing that we could do was re-drive that stretch of highway in broad daylight... Some months later we did just that. We retravelled Highway 3.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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