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Webster 1913 Edition
Mot
Mot
(mōt)
, Verb.
[
Sing. pres. ind.
Mot
, Mote
, Moot
(mōt)
, pl.
Mot
, Mote
, Moote
, pres. subj.
Mote
; imp.
Moste
.] [See ]
Must
, Verb.
[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.
1.
A word; hence, a motto; a device.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Tarquin’s eye may read the
mot
afar. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mot
MOT.
[See Motto.]Definition 2024
mót
mót
Icelandic
Noun
mót n (genitive singular móts, nominative plural mót)
- meeting, gathering, assembly
- tournament, meet
- mould (frame or model with which something is formed)
- (in the plural) joint, boundary
Declension
declension of mót
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mót | mótið | mót | mótin |
| accusative | mót | mótið | mót | mótin |
| dative | móti | mótinu | mótum | mótunum |
| genitive | móts | mótsins | móta | mótanna |
Derived terms
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Synonyms
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mōtą, *gamōtą. Compare Old Armenian մատչիմ (matčʿim).
Noun
mót n
Descendants
- Icelandic: mót