v. [UN-2 3.] trans. To retrace.
1592. Shaks., Ven. & Ad., 908. She treads the path that she untreads again. Ibid. (1596), Merch. V., II. vi. 10.
1615. G. Sandys, Trav., 169. Vntreading a good part of the fore-said alley, we entered the Ile.
a. 1659. Osborne, Ess., iii. 36. Who onely knew the Way to untread the Maze, in which Man had lost Himself.
1710. Norris, Chr. Prud., viii. 398. He has made abundance of false steps … which … he would willingly untread.
1837. De Quincey, Revolt of Tartars, Wks. 1854, IV. 153. The question was formally debated … whether, even at this point, they should untread their steps.
