To leave a trail behind or to track something by following its trail.
Combining 'be-' (thorough or around) with 'trail,' from Old French 'trailler' meaning to drag or haul. The word suggests following something completely or leaving traces.
Animals instinctively create trails by following the same paths repeatedly, and our word 'betrail' captures that sense of something being thoroughly marked by passage.
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