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(mt), v.[Sing. pres. ind.Mot, Mote, Moot (mt), 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. Mot (mt; m, 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. スポンサード リンク
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