To trace or outline something in advance; to sketch or show the future outline or plan of something.
From 'fore-' (before) + 'trace' (to draw, outline). Developed in Middle English from Old French 'tracer', meaning to mark out or delineate something that will come into being.
Medieval architects and shipbuilders literally used foretrace techniques—creating detailed sketches before construction to trace out where every timber and nail would go, making it the ancestor of modern architectural blueprints.
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