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41rout — English has two words rout. ‘Disorderly retreat’ [16] comes via archaic French route ‘dispersed group’ and Italian rotta ‘breakage’ from Vulgar Latin *rupta, a noun use of the past participle of Latin rumpere ‘break’ (source of English corrupt,… …
42rout up — verb get or find by searching What did you rout out in the library? • Syn: ↑rout out • Hypernyms: ↑find, ↑regain • Entailment: ↑search, ↑look …
43rout — 1. noun a) A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult. ...although there must have been nearly a hundred mongrel celebrants in the throng, the police relied on their firearms and plunged determinedly into the nauseous… …
44rout — See rout, route …
45Rout — Recorded in many forms including: Roath, Roth, Rote, Rotte, Rout, Routh, Wreath, Wraith, Wrate, Wrates, Wroth and Wroath, this is a surname of English origins. Derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century word wrath , meaning angry or fierce, it …
46rout — rout1 [raʊt] noun 1》 a disorderly retreat of defeated troops. ↘a decisive defeat. 2》 Law, dated an assembly of people who have made a move towards committing an illegal act which would constitute an offence of riot. 3》 archaic a disorderly… …
47rout — I. n. 1. Defeat, discomfiture, ruin, complete overthrow. 2. Concourse, rabble, multitude, tumultuous crowd, clamorous multitude. 3. Fashionable assembly, evening party. 4. Uproar, brawl, disturbance, noise. II. v. a. 1. Defeat, discomfort,… …
48rout — 1 verb (T) to defeat someone completely in a battle, competition, or election 2 noun (singular) a complete defeat in a battle, competition or election: put sb to rout literary (=defeat them completely in a battle) …
49rout — I n 1. conquest, vanquishment, defeat, subjugation, subdual; drubbing, beating, Sl. pasting, Sl. shellacking, trouncing; discomfiture, overwhelming, trampling, overcoming, overpowering, overthrow, wipeout, upset; debacle, disorderly flight,… …
50rout — 1. noun the army s ignominious rout Syn: defeat, beating, retreat, flight; informal licking, hammering, thrashing, pasting, drubbing Ant: victory 2. verb his army was routed Syn: defeat, be …
