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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Moot \Moot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mooting.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. m[=o]tan to meet or
assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. m[=o]t, MHG.
muoz. Cf. Meet to come together.]
1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to
propose for discussion.
[1913 Webster]
A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less
mooted, in this country. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for
practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
[1913 Webster]
First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain
young men, containing some doubtful controversy.
--Sir T.
Elyot.
[1913 Webster]
3. To render inconsequential, as having no effect on the
practical outcome; to render academic; as, the ruling that
the law was invalid mooted the question of whether he
actually violated it.
[PJC]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Moot \Moot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mooting.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. m[=o]tan to meet or
assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. m[=o]t, MHG.
muoz. Cf. Meet to come together.]
1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to
propose for discussion.
A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less
mooted, in this country. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for
practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain
young men, containing some doubtful controversy.
--Sir T.
Elyot.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mooting
n.
The activity of taking part in a moot court.
vb.
(present participle of en moot nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
mooting
n.
The activity of taking part in a moot court.
vb.
(present participle of en moot nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
mooting
n.
The activity of taking part in a moot court.
vb.
(present participle of en moot nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
mooting
n.
The activity of taking part in a moot court.
vb.
(present participle of en moot nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mooting
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm m oot ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mooting
Engelska a.
(avledning en moot ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb moot)
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
mooting /mˈuːtɪŋ/
diskutierend, erörternd
see: moot, mooted, moots, mooted
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