ROUT

I. noun see: reave Date: 13th century a crowd of people ; throng , 2. disturbance , fuss , a fashionable gathering, II. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English rowten, from Old Norse rauta; akin to Old English rēotan to weep, Latin rudere to roar Date: 14th century to low loudly ; bellow , III. verb Etymology: alteration of 3root Date: circa 1564 intransitive verb to poke around with the snout ; root , to search haphazardly, transitive verb 1. to dig up with the snout, to gouge out or make a furrow in (as wood or metal), 2. to force out as if by digging, to cause to emerge especially from bed, to come up with ; uncover , IV. noun Etymology: Middle French ~e defeat, perhaps from mettre en ~e to set going, put into motion Date: 1598 a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat, 2. a disastrous defeat ; debacle , a precipitate flight, V. transitive verb Date: circa 1600 1. to disorganize completely ; demoralize , to put to precipitate flight, to defeat decisively or disastrously , to drive out ; dispel