Available Definitions:
1) n. - A root.
2) n. - 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.
3) n. - The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut .
4) n. - A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote.
5) v. t. - To learn or repeat by rote.
6) v. i. - To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.