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Definition of 'mote'

noun

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]

From: GCIDE

Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (m[=o]t), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster]
He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (m[=o]t), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster]
He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (m[=o]t), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster]
He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

From: GCIDE

Mote \Mote\, n. [See Moot, a meeting.] [Obs., except in a few combinations or phrases.]
1. A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London. [1913 Webster]
2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote. [1913 Webster]
3. A place of meeting for discussion. [1913 Webster]
Mote bell, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

From: GCIDE

Mote \Mote\, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.] A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck. [1913 Webster]
The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
We are motes in the midst of generations. --Landor. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in comp.] [Written also mote.]
1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]
2. [From Moot, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice. [1913 Webster]
The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]
Moot case, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. --Dryden.
Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases.
Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.
to make moot v. t. to render moot[2]; to moot[3]. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Mote (Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral defect is likened to a mote (Matt. 7:3-5; Luke 6:41, 42).