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   route

   /ruːt/

   noun

   • 1. a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination: "the scenic route from Florence to Siena"
   • ▪ the line of a road, path, railway, etc.: "proposals have been put forward for a new route around the south of the town"
   • ▪ a round travelled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods.
   • ▪ a method or process leading to a specified result: "the many routes to a healthier diet will be described"

   verb

   • 1. send or direct along a specified course: "all lines of communication were routed through London"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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