Sekirov Dictionary

rote

UK /ɹəʊt/US /ɹoʊt/

verb 2
adjective 1
noun 4
forms 5

verb2

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To learn or repeat by rote.
- [Volumnia to Corolianus] "Because that it lies you on to speak/ to th' people, not by your own instruction,/ Nor by th' matter which your heart prompts you,/ But with such words that are but roted in/ your tongue,..." Coriolanus III.ii.52-55
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(no longer used) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
- The Model of it was, That a third Part of the Senate or Parliament, should rote out by Ballot every Year; […]. — 1744

adjective1

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By repetition or practice and without much thought.
- The former may be seen as a more rote form of learning, contrasting with the latter which appears to include "executive" aspects — 2000

noun4

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Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
- The pastoral scenes from those commercials don’t bear too much resemblance to the rote of daily life on a farm.
- He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare.
(rare) The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
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A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
- extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes — 1819
Synonym of crowd.

forms

roted · roting · rotes · more rote · most rote

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