Rote

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To learn or repeat by rote.

II. Rote ·noun A Root.

III. Rote ·vi To go out by rotation or succession; to Rotate.

IV. Rote ·noun The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. ·see Rut.

V. Rote ·noun A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote.

VI. Rote ·noun 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.