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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)