English Dictionary: MOT | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mot \Mot\ (m[omac]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moot} (m[omac]t), 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mot \Mot\ (m[ocr]t; m[osl], def. 2), 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. |