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rout

2  [rout] ,
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–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 fol. by out).
5. to cause to rise from bed (often fol. 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; alter. of root 2 ; cf. MD ruten to root out
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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