2. Verb. (third-person singular of rout) ¹
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Definition of Routs
1. rout [v] - See also: rout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Routs
Literary usage of Routs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, C M Westmacott, George Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank (1805)
"... manners of the day, and particularly on the routs of ladies of ton, ...
If there is an ambition among the ladies to have routs of ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1883)
"RIOTS, routs, AND UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES. § 216. Definition. To constitute either
of these offences, it is necessary that there be three or more persons ..."
3. Reeves' History of the English Law: From the Time of the Romans, to the End by John Reeves, William Francis Finlason (1869)
"... and the administration of justice was often so disturbed by local " routs,"
2 or by the influence 1 By the common law, the sheriff was the minister of ..."
4. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1854)
"... attacks and routs a corps of Prussian cavalry—Council of Government—Council
of War at La Villette—It authorises Davoust to capitulate—Application of ..."
5. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1854)
"... attacks and routs a corps of Prussian cavalry—Council of Government—Council
of War at La Villette—It authorises Davoust to capitulate—Application of ..."
6. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"... routs HIM — RETURN TO THE CANTONMENT. HILE the work of constructing the
cantonment was going on, and preparations were being made for an active winter ..."
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