rote
nounA medieval stringed instrument variably identified with a lyre, lute, or harp.
nounA memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without full attention or comprehension.
nounMechanical routine.
nounThe sound of surf breaking on the shore.
To learn by rote or by heart.
To repeat from memory.
To rotate; change by rotation.
nounA fixed or unchanging round, as in learning or reciting something; mechanical routine in learning, or in the repetition of that which has been learned; exact memorizing, or reproduction from memory, as of words or sounds, with or without attention to their significance: chiefly in the phrase by rote.
nounA part mechanically committed to memory.
nounA row or rank.