rote
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɹəʊt/ / /ɹoʊt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown. Found in the Middle English phrase bi rote (“by heart, according to form, expertly”), 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. Another explanation might be the metaphorical comparison between anything repetitive and playing the rote.
- 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”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English rote, from Old French rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (“a kind of violin”).
- 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”
- Synonym of crowd.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown. Found in the Middle English phrase bi rote (“by heart, according to form, expertly”), 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. Another explanation might be the metaphorical comparison between anything repetitive and playing the rote.
- 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; […].”
- 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”