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1   [rout]
noun
1.
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder: to put an army to rout; to put reason to rout.
2.
any overwhelming defeat: a rout of the home team by the state champions.
3.
a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons.
4.
the rabble or mob.
5.
Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a manner that suggests an intention to riot although they do not actually carry out the intention.
EXPAND
6.
a large, formal evening party or social gathering.
7.
Archaic. a company or band of people.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
8.
to disperse in defeat and disorderly flight: to rout an army.
9.
to defeat decisively: to rout an opponent in conversation.

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Origin:
1200–50; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French rute, Old French route a fraction, detachment < Latin rupta, feminine past participle of rumpere to break; (v.) derivative of the noun

Synonyms
3. swarm, horde. 9. overwhelm, overcome, subdue.

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rout

2   [rout]
verb (used without object)
1.
to root: pigs routing in the garden.
2.
to poke, search, or rummage.
verb (used with object)
3.
to turn over or dig up (something) with the snout.
4.
to find or get by searching, rummaging, etc. (usually followed by out).
5.
to cause to rise from bed (often followed by up or out).
6.
to force or drive out.
7.
to hollow out or furrow, as with a scoop, gouge, or machine.
Origin:
1540–50; alteration of root2; compare Middle Dutch ruten to root out

rout

3   [rout]
verb (used without object) Archaic.
to snore.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English routen, Old English hrūtan; cognate with Old High German hrūzan

rout

4   [rout, root] ,Chiefly British Dialect
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1.
to bellow; roar.
noun
2.
a bellow.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English rowten < Old Norse rauta to bellow; akin to Latin rudere
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rout1 (raʊt)
 
—n
1.  an overwhelming defeat
2.  a disorderly retreat
3.  a noisy rabble
4.  law a group of three or more people proceeding to commit an illegal act
5.  archaic a large party or social gathering
 
—vb
6.  (tr) to defeat and cause to flee in confusion
 
[C13: from Anglo-Norman rute, from Old French: disorderly band, from Latin ruptus broken, from rumpere to burst; see route]

rout2 (raʊt)
 
—vb (usually foll by out) (often foll by out)
1.  to dig over or turn up (something), esp (of an animal) with the snout; root
2.  (tr; usually foll by out or up) to get or find by searching
3.  to force or drive out: they routed him out of bed at midnight
4.  to hollow or gouge out
5.  (intr) to search, poke, or rummage
 
[C16: variant of root²]

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rout
1598, "disorderly retreat," from M.Fr. route "disorderly flight of troops," lit. "a breaking off, rupture," from V.L. rupta "a dispersed group," lit. "a broken group," from L. rupta, fem. pp. of rumpere "to break" (see rupture). The verb is from 1600.
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