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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Mote
     (Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff,
     etc.). A slight moral defect is likened to a mote (Matt. 7:3-5;
     Luke 6:41, 42).

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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     2. [From Moot, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a
        discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.
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              The pleading used in courts and chancery called
              moots.                                --Sir T.
                                                    Elyot.
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     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].
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mote \Mote\, v.
     See 1st Mot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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     2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the
        management of affairs; as, a folkmote.
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     3. A place of meeting for discussion.
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     Mote bell, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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           He moot as well say one word as another  --Chaucer.
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           The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.   --Chaucer.
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           Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
           freres.                                  --Chaucer.
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     So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
        as that of the Freemasons.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mote \Mote\, n.
     The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n.,
     3, and Mort. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mote \Mote\, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.]
     A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially
     small; a speck.
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           The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there
           be no wind.                              --Bacon.
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           We are motes in the midst of generations. --Landor.
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