rout1
/
raʊt/
n.
- a disorderly retreat of defeated troops.
▸a decisive defeat.
- Law, dated an assembly of people who have made a move towards committing an illegal act which would constitute an offence of riot.
- archaic a disorderly crowd of people.
v.
defeat utterly and force to retreat.
Phrase
- put to rout
put to flight; defeat utterly.
Etymology
ME: ult. based on L. rupt-, rumpere ‘break’, via obs. Fr. route and Anglo-Norman Fr. rute.
rout2
/
raʊt/
v.
- cut a groove in (a surface).
- another term for root2.
- force to leave a place.
Etymology
C16: alt. of the verb root2.