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noun

Rout n. (Formerly spelled also route)

1.

A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng. (Obs.) "A route of ratones (rats)." "A great solemn route." "And ever he rode the hinderest of the route." "A rout of people there assembled were."

2.

A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people. "the endless routs of wretched thralls." "The ringleader and head of all this rout." "Nor do I name of men the common rout."

3.

The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete. "thy army... Dispersed in rout, betook them all to fly." "To these giad conquest, murderous rout to those."

4.

(Law) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.

5.

A fashionable assembly, or large evening party. "At routs and dances."

To put to rout, to defeat and throw into confusion; to overthrow and put to flight.

Route n. The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march. "Wide through the furzy field their route they take."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Route" Quotes from Famous Books

... State line his passengers, both white and colored, must be permitted to occupy the same cabin, and on the other to be kept separate. Uniformity in the regulation by which he is to be governed from one end to the other of his route is a necessity in his business, and to secure it, Congress, which is untrammelled by State lines, has been invested with exclusive legislative power of determining what ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 • Various

... had been in the Power House before. He knew the operations of its various controls. But he had come always by the surface route; he had heard of the existence of the secret tunnel, but had never before this night been able to find ...

— Astounding Stories, July, 1931 • Various

... to the settlements and thought I'd strike your camp and stop a night," he said. "The woods get lonesome, and your line's a pretty good route to the pack trail." ...

— Partners of the Out-Trail • Harold Bindloss

... illustration, well applied; But sedentary weavers of long tales, Give me the fidgets and my patience fails. 'Tis the most asinine employ on earth, To hear them tell of parentage and birth, And echo conversations dull and dry, Embellished with, he said, and so said I. At ev'ry interview their route the same, The repetition makes attention lame, We bustle up with unsuccessful speed, And in the saddest part cry—droll indeed! The path of narrative with care pursue, Still making probability your clue, On all the vestiges of truth attend, And let them guide you to a decent ...

— Early Reviews of English Poets • John Louis Haney

... en route for Arkansas in the latter part of the year just closed, I fell into a retrospective mood, and the scroll of the past years unfolded itself before my memory, and as I reviewed it and marked the possibilities which had passed with the years, life took on even a greater aspect than it had ...

— Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence - The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of - Slavery to the Present Time • Various

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