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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  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[o^]t;  m[-o],  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. 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  MOT 
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