Found 8 hits - Term: rote, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rote \rote\, n. of. rote, f. route, road, path. see route,
and cf. rut a furrow, routine.
a frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to
the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote.
--swift.
1913 webster
till he the first verse could i. e., knew all by
rote. --chaucer.
1913 webster
thy love did read by rote, and could not spell. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
route rut routine
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rote \rote\, v. t. imp. p. p. roted; p. pr. vb. n.
roting.
to learn or repeat by rote. obs. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
roted roting
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rote \rote\, v. i.
to go out by rotation or succession; to rotate. obs. --z.
grey.
1913 webster
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rote \rote\, n.
a root. obs. --chaucer.
1913 webster
- [5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rote \rote\, n. oe. rote, probably of german origin; cf. mhg.
rotte, ohg. rota, hrota, ll. chrotta. cf. crowd a kind of
violin. mus.
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.
1913 webster
well could he sing and play on a rote. --chaucer.
1913 webster
extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds,
and rotes. --sir w.
scott.
1913 webster
see also:
crowd
- [6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rote \rote\, n. cf. rut roaring.
the noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the
shore. see rut.
1913 webster
see also:
rut
- [7] : WordNet (r) 2.0
rote
n : memorization by repetition syn: rote learning
see also:
rote learning
- [8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 moby thesaurus words for "rote":
automatically, commitment to memory, exercise of memory, flashback,
grind, groove, hindsight, learning by heart, looking back,
mechanically, memoir, memorization, memorizing, pace, recall,
recalling, recollecting, recollection, reconsideration, reflection,
remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospect, retrospection,
review, ritual, rote memory, routine, rut, study, treadmill,
unthinkingly
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