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Definition rote
Etymology 1
From Middle English rote, further origin unknown. Likely from the phrase bi (�by�) rote (�heart�), c. 1300. Some have proposed a relationship either with Old French rote/rute (�route�), or Latin rota (�wheel�) (see rotary), but the OED calls both suggestions groundless.
Noun
rote (uncountable)
- (Should we delete this sense?) The process of learning or committing something to memory through mechanical repetition, usually by hearing and repeating aloud, often without full attention to comprehension or thought for the meaning.
- Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
Adjective
rote (comparative more rote, superlative most rote)
- By repetition or practice.
Verb
rote (third-person singular simple present rotes, present participle roting, simple past and past participle roted)
- (obsolete) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
- (transitive) To learn or repeat by rote.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse r�t n (�tossing, pitching (of sea)�), perhaps related to rauta (�to roar�).
Noun
rote (uncountable)
Etymology 3
From Middle English rote, from Old French rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (�a kind of violin�).
Noun
rote (plural rotes)
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