'So mote it be' definitions:

Definition of 'So mote it be'

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  • 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]

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