Definition of "rote"

rote¹

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noun
uncountable
1. Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
adjective
comparative more rote, superlative most rote
1. By repetition or practice.
  Quotations
  The former may be seen as a more rote form of learning, contrasting with the latter which appears to include "executive" aspects
  2000, Ami Klin with Fred R. Volkmar and Sara S. Sparrow, Asperger syndrome, page 316
verb
third-person singular simple present rotes, present participle roting, simple past and past participle roted
1. (obsolete) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
  Quotations
  The Model of it was, That a third Part of the Senate or Parliament, ſhould rote out by Ballot every Year; […].
  1744, Zachary Grey, ann., Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LL.D., vol. 2. Dublin: […] Robert Owen […] and William Brien […]. page 92
2. (transitive) To learn or repeat by rote.

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