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Definition of Root out

1. Verb. Pull up by or as if by the roots. "Uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

2. Verb. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. "Root out corruption"

Definition of Root out

1. Verb. To remove or abolish completely. ¹

2. Verb. To search for and discover. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Root Out

root hair cell root kit root mean square root mean square velocity root nodule root noun root of facial nerve root of foot root of lung root of mesentry

root of nail root of nose root of tongue root of tooth root out (current term) root planing root position root positions root pressure root resorption

root rot root rots root sheath root sprout root system root up root vegetable

Literary usage of Root out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"... No purpose on William's part to root out the English tongue. ... Conqueror set to work with a fixed purpose to root out the use of the English tongue. ..."

2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"Conqueror set to work with a fixed purpose to root out the use of the English tongue. He is not the latest conqueror, or would-be conqueror, ..."

3. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus, Ralph Francis Kerr (1894)
"He evidently considered the matter to be most important, and expressed to the Ambassadors his determination to root out this " heresy," and his regret that ..."

4. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1906)
"He evidently considered the matter to be most important, and expressed to the Ambassadors his determination to root out this " heresy," and his regret that ..."

5. The Rise of the Mediaeval Church and Its Influence on the Civilisation of by Alexander Clarence Flick (1909)
"'s efforts to root out heresy and reform the Church. VII.—Innocent III.'s character and the general results of his pontificate. VIII.—Sources. ..."

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