Mot (?), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.]
May; must; might.
He moot as well say one word as another
Chaucer.
The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.
Chaucer.
Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres.
Chaucer.
So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.
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Mot (?), n. [F. See Motto.]
1.
A word; hence, a motto; a device.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
Shak.
2.
A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.
[A Gallicism]
Here and there turns up a ... savage mot.
N. Brit. Rev.
3.
A note or brief strain on a bugle.
Sir W. Scott.
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