rote

  1. Noun.  The process of learning or committing something to memory through mechanical repetition, usually by hearing and repeating aloud, often without full attention to comprehension or thought for the meaning.
  2. Noun.  Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
  3. Adjective.  By repetition or practice.
  4. Noun.  (rare) The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.

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