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1.NounMechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure."The pastoral scenes from those commercials don’t bear too much resemblance to the rote of daily life on a farm.; He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare."
2.AdjectiveBy repetition or practice and without much thought.
3.VerbTo go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
4.VerbTo 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"
5.NounThe roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
6.NounA kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
7.NounSynonym of crowd.