'To learn by rote' definitions:
Definition of 'To learn by rote'
From: GCIDE
- Learn \Learn\, v. i. To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly. [1913 Webster]
- Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. --Matt. xi. 29. [1913 Webster]
- To learn by heart. See By heart, under Heart.
- To learn by rote, to memorize by repetition without exercise of the understanding. [1913 Webster]