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rote  1   (r t) n. 1. A memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without full attention or comprehension: learn by rote.     rote 1 [ roht ]   noun 1. routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure: the rote of daily living. adjective 2. proceeding mechanically and repetitiously; being mechanical and repetitious in nature ; routine; habitual: rote performance; rote implementation; His behavior became more rote with every passing year. Idioms 3. by rote, from memory, without thought of the meaning; in a mechanical way: to learn a language   by rote. Origin: 1275–1325; Middle English;   of obscure origin.       Rote learning is a memorization technique based on repetition. The idea is that one will be able to quickly recall the meaning of the material the more one repeats it. Some of the alternatives to rote learning include meaningfu