Antonyms for rout out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rout

Phonetic Transcription : raʊt

Definition of rout out

Origin : 1590s, "disorderly retreat following a defeat," from Middle French route "disorderly flight of troops," literally "a breaking off, rupture," from Vulgar Latin rupta "a dispersed group," literally "a broken group," from noun use of Latin rupta, fem. past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.)).
The archaic English noun rout "group of persons, assemblage," is the same word, from Anglo-French rute, Old French route "host, troop, crowd," from Vulgar Latin rupta "a dispersed group," here with sense of "a division, a detachment." It first came to English meaning "group of soldiers" (early 13c.), also "gang of outlaws or rioters, mob" (c.1300) before the more general sense developed 14c. Also as a legal term. Cf. rout-cake (1807), one baked for use at a reception.

As in purge : verb rid of; clean out
As in clean : verb make undirty, uncluttered

Example sentences :

Chisel or rout out the waste and when complete, fit the pieces together.
Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes

Now, father, we two will go across the Bay and rout out that old Troll.
Extract from : « Mighty Mikko » by Parker Fillmore

And wherefore did ye not rout out that bull and return hither with his head, O useless ones?
Extract from : « The Induna's Wife » by Bertram Mitford

Finally it occurred to him to rout out an old lieutenant of the 96th, named Livin, a poor devil with whom he often used to fence.
Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal

“And I know too much for them to let me go and bring a few of our lads to rout out their nest,” he said, half aloud.
Extract from : « In the King's Name » by George Manville Fenn

And of course you can rout out evidence for anything under the sun from his dingy old folios.
Extract from : « The Return » by Walter de la Mare

A word, a wave of her whip sufficed for the dog to rout out the recalcitrant sheep and send him bleating to his fellows.
Extract from : « The Heritage of the Desert » by Zane Grey

"But to get in one will have to rout out the keeper," I thought reluctantly, and hesitated.
Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton

What if Ascham should think the case urgent, rout out an alienist, and come back with him?
Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton

Stewards, chief officers, mates, men rush in all directions to rout out Tubbs.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, August 24, 1895 » by Various

Synonyms for rout out

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