byhearting

English

Etymology

From byheart +‎ -ing.

Noun

byhearting (plural byheartings)

1. Memorisation; recitation.
   • 2011, Patrick French, India: A Portrait:

     [...] the new books tried to put forward information and make the reader think about it―a substantial move away from the rote learning that Indian schoolchildren refer to as “byhearting."

Verb

byhearting

1. present participle and gerund of byheart