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Webster 1913 Edition

Rout

Rout

(rout)
,
Verb.
I.
[AS.
hrūtan
.]
To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Chaucer.

Rout

,
Noun.
A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
Shak.
This new book the whole world makes such a
rout
about.
Sterne.
“My child, it is not well,” I said,
“Among the graves to shout;
To laugh and play among the dead,
And make this noisy
rout
.”
Trench.

Rout

,
Verb.
T.
[A variant of
root
.]
To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
To rout out
(a)
To turn up to view, as if by rooting; to discover; to find
.
(b)
To turn out by force or compulsion; as, to rout people out of bed.
[Colloq.]

Rout

,
Verb.
I.
To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
Edwards.

Rout

,
Noun.
[OF.
route
, LL.
rupta
, properly, a breaking, fr. L.
ruptus
, p. p. of
rumpere
to break. See
Rupture
,
reave
, and cf.
Rote
repetition of forms,
Route
. In some senses this word has been confused with
rout
a bellowing, an uproar.]
[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].”
Piers Plowman.
“A great solemn route.”
Chaucer.
And ever he rode the hinderest of the
route
.
Chaucer.
A
rout
of people there assembled were.
Spenser.
2.
A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
the endless
routs
of wretched thralls.
Spenser.
The ringleader and head of all this
rout
.
Shakespeare
Nor do I name of men the common
rout
.
Milton.
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.
Daniel.
To these giad conquest, murderous
rout
to those.
pope.
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.
Wharton.
5.
A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
“At routs and dances.”
Landor.
To put to rout
,
to defeat and throw into confusion; to overthrow and put to flight.

Rout

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Routed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Routing
.]
To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.
That party . . . that charged the Scots, so totally
routed
and defeated their whole army, that they fied.
Clarendon.
Syn. – To defeat; discomfit; overpower; overthrow.

Rout

,
Verb.
I.
To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
[obs.]
Bacon.
In all that land no Christian[s] durste
route
.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rout

ROUT

, n.
1.
A rabble; a clamorous multitude; a tumultuous crowd; as a rout of people assembled.
The endless routs of wretched thralls.
2.
In law, a rout is where three persons or more meet to do an unlawful act upon a common quarrel, as forcibly to break down fences on a right claimed of common or of way, and make some advances towards it.
3.
A select company; a party for gaming.

ROUT

,
Noun.
[This is a corruption of the L. ruptus, from rumpo, to break.]
The breaking or defeat of an army or band of troops, or the disorder and confusion of troops thus defeated and put to flight.

ROUT

,
Verb.
T.
To break the ranks of troops and put them to flight in disorder; to defeat and throw into confusion.
The king's horse - routed and defeated the whole army.

ROUT

,
Verb.
I.
To assemble in a clamorous and tumultuous crowd. [Not in use.]

ROUT

,
Noun.
[It belongs to the family of ride and L. gradior; properly a going or passing.]
The course or way which is traveled or passed, or to be passed; a passing; a course; a march.
Wide through the furzy field their rout they take.
Rout and road are not synonymous.
We say, to mend or repair a road, but not to mend a rout. We use rout for a course of passing, and not without reference to the passing of some person or body of men; but rout is not the road itself.

ROUT

,
Verb.
I.
To snore. Obs.

ROUT

,
Verb.
T.
[for root.] To turn up the ground with the snout; to search. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

rout

rout

English

Verb

rout ‎(third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a noise; roar; bellow; snort.
  2. (intransitive) To snore; snore loudly.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  3. (intransitive) To belch.
  4. (intransitive) To howl as the wind; make a roaring noise.
Derived terms

Noun

rout ‎(plural routs)

  1. A noise; a loud noise; a bellowing; a shouting; clamor; an uproar; disturbance; tumult.
    • Sterne
      This new book the whole world makes such a rout about.
    • Trench
      "My child, it is not well," I said, / "Among the graves to shout; / To laugh and play among the dead, / And make this noisy rout."
  2. Snoring.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ruten ‎(“to rush, dart, dash, beat”), from Old Norse hrjóta ‎(“to jump down, fall out, plunge, hurl, burst forth, rebound, fly, be flung”), from Proto-Germanic *hreutaną ‎(“to plunge, rush, hurl, shatter, fall, break”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreu- ‎(“to fall, plunge, rush, topple”). Cognate with Middle High German rûzen ‎(“to move quickly, storm”). Related also to Old English hrēosan ‎(“to fall, sink, fall down, go to ruin, rush, rush upon, attack”). More at rush.

Verb

rout ‎(third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)

  1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To beat; strike; assail with blows.
Derived terms

Noun

rout ‎(plural routs)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A violent movement; a great or violent stir; a heavy blow; a stunning blow; a stroke.

Etymology 3

1598, "disorderly retreat," from Middle French route "disorderly flight of troops," literally "a breaking off, rupture," from Vulgar Latin rupta "a dispersed group," literally "a broken group," from Latin rupta, feminine past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture). The verb is from 1600.

Noun

rout ‎(plural routs)

  1. A troop ou group, especially of a traveling company or throng.
    • Spenser
      A rout of people there assembled were.
  2. A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
    • Spenser
      the endless routs of wretched thralls
    • Shakespeare
      the ringleader and head of all this rout
    • Milton
      Nor do I name of men the common rout.
    • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1
      When Gospel-Trumpeter, surrounded / With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded, / And pulpit, drum ecclesiastick, / Was beat with fist, instead of a stick;
    • 1928, H. P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu", Weird Tales, Vol. 11, No. 2, pages 159–178, 287:
      […] 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 rout.
  3. The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion
  4. the act of defeating and breaking up an army or other opponent.
    The rout of the enemy was complete.
    • Daniel
      Thy army […] / Dispersed in rout, betook them all to fly.
    • Alexander Pope
      To these glad conquest, murderous rout to those.
  5. (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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)
  6. A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
    • Landor (1775 – 1864)
      at routs and dances
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

rout ‎(third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)

  1. (transitive) To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat.
    • Clarendon
      That party […] that charged the Scots, so totally routed and defeated their whole army, that they fled.
    • 2009 January 30, Adam Entous, "Mitchell warns of setbacks ahead in Mideast talks" (news article), Reuters:
      Israel tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip after Hamas routed secular Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and seized control of the enclave in June 2007.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Chaucer
      In all that land no Christian durste route.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Translations

Etymology 4

Alteration of root.

Verb

rout ‎(third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)

  1. To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edwards to this entry?)
  2. To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
  3. To use a router in woodworking.

See also

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German rōt, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʀəʊt/
  • Rhymes: -əʊt

Adjective

rout ‎(masculine rouden, neuter rout, comparative méi rout, superlative am routsten)

  1. red

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)
     rout      gréng      giel      ?      wäiss
     {{{crimson}}}      ?      ?      ?      ?
     ?      blo      orange      gro      ?
     schwaarz      mof      brong      ?      ?

Etymology

From Middle English routen, ruten, from Old English hrūtan ‎(“to make a noise, whiz, snore”), also rēotan, *hrēotan ‎(“to make a noise, make a noise in grief, weep, mourn, lament, wail, shed tears”), both from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną ‎(“to snore, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor-, *kr- ‎(“to croak, crow”). Cognate with Middle Dutch ruyten ‎(“to make a noise, chatter, chirp”), Middle High German rūzen, rūssen ‎(“to make a noise, rattle, buzz, snore”), Icelandic rjóta, hrjóta ‎(“to roar, rattle, snore”). Related also to Swedish ryta ‎(“to roar, bellow, shout”), Icelandic rauta ‎(“to roar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹaʊt/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [ɹʌʊt]
  • Rhymes: -aʊt
  • Homophone: route (in some pronunciations)

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