'Rote' definitions:
Definition of 'rote'
From: WordNet
noun
Memorization by repetition [syn: rote, rote learning]
Definition of 'Rote'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Rote'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Rote'
From: GCIDE
- Rote \Rote\, n. A root. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rote'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Rote'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Rote'
From: GCIDE
- Rote \Rote\, v. i. To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate. [Obs.] --Z. Grey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rote'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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