2. Adjective. (chiefly in combination) assigned a route ¹
3. Verb. (past of rout) ¹
4. Adjective. decisively beaten or defeated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Routed
1. route [v] - See also: route
Lexicographical Neighbors of Routed
Literary usage of Routed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... our horse charging them in flank and rear, and having thus absolutely routed
them, pursued them flying; and had the execution of them above two miles. ..."
2. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"... on the 3d of March, 1779, the British turned upon him and routed at Americana
routed him. The Americans lost 400 March 3, in killed and wounded, ..."
3. Dictionary of Battles from the Earliest Date to the Present Time by Thomas Benfield Harbottle (1904)
"totally routed the Northerners, with a loss of 1492 killed and wounded, 1600
prisoners, and 28 guns. The Confederates lost 1.752- Bull Run, Second Battle ..."
4. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"A she pursued closely, but at Briar Creek, on the 3d of March, 1779, the British
turned upon him and routed at routed him. The Americans lost 400 March 3, ..."
5. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"For that whole party being routed, and the chief officers of name and reputation
either killed or taken, though the number lost upon the place was not ..."
6. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... party being routed, and the chief officers of name and reputation either killed
or taken, though the number lost upon the place was not considerable, ..."
7. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1898)
"In the later intestine wars of the republic he fought always on the side of
legality against oppression, and in 1829 routed at Salta, Tucuman, ..."
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