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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mote \Mote\, n. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See {Mot}, n., 3, and {Mort}. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mote \Mote\, v. See 1st {Mot}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: mote n 1: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: {atom}, {molecule}, {particle}, {corpuscle}, {mote}, {speck}] From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: mote motto