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route

1. route \'ru:t, 'rau.t\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL rupta (via), lit., 
   broken way, fr. L]rupta, fem. of ruptus, pp. 1a: a traveled way : HIGHWAY  
   1b: a means of access : CHANNEL  2: a line of travel : COURSE  3a: an 
   established or selected course of travel  3b: an assigned territory to be 
   systematically covered 
2. route vt 1a: to send by a selected route : DIRECT  1b: to divert in a 
   specified direction  2: to prearrange and direct the order and execution of 
   (a series of operat ions)