Rote Definition

rōt
noun
A memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without full attention or comprehension.
Learn by rote.
American Heritage
A fixed, mechanical way of doing something; routine.
Webster's New World
The sound of the surf beating on the shore.
Webster's New World
A medieval stringed instrument, variously supposed to have been a kind of lyre, lute, or harp.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of or having to do with learning through memorization.
Webster's New World
By repetition or practice.
Wiktionary
verb
To learn or repeat by rote.
Wiktionary

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rote

  • by rote

Origin of Rote

  • From Middle English, origin uncertain. 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (“a kind of violin").

    From Wiktionary

  • c. 1600, from Old Norse rót (“tossing, pitching (of sea)") n, perhaps related to rauta (“to roar").

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably of Scandinavian origin Old Norse rauta to roar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old French probably of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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