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Synonyms
rum·mage (rŭḿĭj)

[From earlier romage, act of packing cargo, from French arrumage, from Old French, from arumer, to stow, from Old Provençal arumar, a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–), + perhaps run, ship's hold (of Germanic origin; see reuə-).]

verb: -maged, -mag·ing, -mag·es. 

transitive verb 

  1. To search thoroughly by handling, turning over, or disarranging the contents of.
  2. To discover by searching thoroughly.

intransitive verb 

To make an energetic, usually hasty search.

noun 

  1. A thorough search among a number of things.
  2. A confusion of miscellaneous articles.

derivatives

ruḿmag·er
noun