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roting

roting is the present participle and gerund of rote.

Meaning of rote

Verb

rote (third-person singular simple present rotes, present participle roting, simple past and past participle roted)

  1. (obsolete) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
    • The Model of it was, That a third Part of the Senate or Parliament, ſhould rote out by Ballot every Year; […].1744, Zachary Grey, ann., Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LL.D., vol. 2. Dublin: […]...
  2. (transitive) To 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

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Questions about roting

What is roting the present participle and gerund of?
Roting is the present participle and gerund of rote.

Words near roting in the dictionary

  1. rotiferous
  2. rotifers
  3. rotiform
  4. rotigaptide
  5. rotigotine
  6. roting
  7. rotini
  8. rotis
  9. rotisserie
  10. rotisserie baseball
  11. rotisserie sports

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