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ruːt/
n.
- a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.
▸the line of a road, path, railway, etc.
- N. Amer. a round travelled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods.
v.
(routes, routeing or routing, routed)
send or direct along a specified course.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. rute ‘road’, from L. rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, fem. past part. of rumpere.