know by rote

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This is such a deeply felt reading of a song so many of us know by rote: Simone’s particular phrasing cracks it open and makes you feel like you’re hearing George Harrison’s words anew.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

In the manner of a priest the buccaneer intoned a chapter of Holy Writ which he appeared to know by rote.

From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle

Let me peruse it, till I know by rote Each line of it, like music, note by note; Raise thy long lashes, Lady; smile again: These studies profit me.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

Let me peruse it, till I know by rote Each line of it, like music, note by note; Raise thy long lashes, Lady! smile again: These studies profit me.

From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various

To know by rote is no knowledge; it is only a retention of what is intrusted to the memory.

From Pearls of Thought by Ballou, Maturin Murray