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FromMiddle Englishby herte. CompareFrenchpar cœur(literallyby heart), of which the English may be a calque.

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byheart

  1. From unaided memory and in full detail.
    Hyponym:(usually pejorative)by rote
    to learn somethingby heart
    to know somethingby heart
    He used to live in that town, and he still knows all the streetsby heart.
    • 1906,The Monthly Musical Record[1], volume36, page55:
      You should play over all the pieces you knowby heart at least once a month or oftener with the printed copies before you: or all sorts of wrong notes may creep in, and you will be leaving out some crescendo, or rallentando, or sforzato.
    • 1943 November –1944 February (date written; published1945 August 17),George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm [], London:Secker & Warburg, publishedMay 1962,→OCLC:
      None of the other animals on the farm could get further than the letter A. It was also found that the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens, and ducks, were unable to learn the Seven Commandmentsby heart.

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