Rote /(?)/

1. A root. [Obs.]

1. 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. (Mus.)

   Well could he sing and play on a rote.

   extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes.

1. The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.

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

   till he the first verse could [i. e., knew] all by rote.

   Thy love did read by rote, and could not spell.

imp. & p. p. Roted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roting

1. To learn or repeat by rote. [Obs.]

1. To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate. [Obs.]