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1  [roht] ,
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–noun
1. routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure: the rote of daily living.
—Idiom
2. by rote, from memory, without thought of the meaning; in a mechanical way: to learn a language by rote.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME; of obscure orig.
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2  [roht] ,
–noun Music.
crowd 2 .
Also, rota, rotta, rotte.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < OF < Frankish *hrota (cf. OHG hruozza); akin to crowd 2

rote

3  [roht] ,
–noun
the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
Origin:
1600–10; perh. < ON rauta roar
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rote 1   (rōt)   
n.  

  1. A memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without full attention or comprehension: learn by rote.

  2. Mechanical routine.


[Middle English.]
rote adj.
rote 2   (rōt)   
n.  The sound of surf breaking on the shore.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse rauta, to roar.]
rote 3   (rōt)   
n.  A medieval stringed instrument variably identified with a lyre, lute, or harp.

[Middle English, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.]
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rote

see by heart (rote).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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rote

medieval European stringed musical instrument. The name is frequently applied to the boxlike lyres with straight or waisted sides frequently pictured in medieval illustrations of musical instruments. Some surviving writings, however, indicate that contemporary writers may have applied the name to the harp. The rotta probably originated in Ireland as the cruit and spread to the European continent. The Irish name is related to crwth, the Welsh bowed lyre.

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