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Webster 1913 Edition

(roōt or rout; 277)

Noun.

[OE. & F.

route

, OF.

rote

, fr. L.

rupta

(sc.

via

), fr.

ruptus

, p. p. of

rumpere

to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. See

, and cf.

a track.]

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

Wide through the furzy field their

route

they take.

Gay.

See also: route and Route

routé m ‎(feminine singular routée, masculine plural routés, feminine plural routées)