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Webster 1913 Edition

Rote

Rote

,
Noun.
A root.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Rote

,
Noun.
[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.
Well could he sing and play on a
rote
.
Chaucer.
extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and
rotes
.
Sir W. Scott.

Rote

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Rut
roaring.]
The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See
Rut
.

Rote

,
Noun.
[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.
till he the first verse could [i. e., knew] all by
rote
.
Chaucer.
Thy love did read by
rote
, and could not spell.
Shakespeare

Rote

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Roted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Roting
.]
To learn or repeat by rote.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Rote

,
Verb.
I.
To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
[Obs.]
Z. Grey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rote

ROTE

,
Noun.
A kind of violin or harp. Obs.

ROTE

,
Noun.
[L. rota, a wheel.]
Properly, a round of words; frequent repetition of words or sounds, without attending to the signification, or to principles and rules; a practice that impresses words in the memory without an effort of the understanding, and without the aid of rules. Thus children learn to speak by rote; they often repeat what they hear, till it becomes familiar to them. So we learn to sing by rote, as we hear notes repeated, and soon learn to repeat them ourselves.

ROTE

,
Verb.
T.
To fix in the memory by means of frequent repetition ourselves, or by hearing the repetition of others, without an effort of the understanding to comprehend what is repeated, and without the aid of rules or principles. [Little used.]

ROTE

,
Verb.
I.
To go out by rotation or succession. [Little used.]

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