ROTE
/ɹəʊt/
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Definition
/ɹəʊt/
noun
- Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.“He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare.”
verb
- To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
- 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”
adjective
- By repetition or practice.
Source: Wiktionary
