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.

2. [From Moot, v.]

A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.

The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. --Sir T. Elyot.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mote \Mote\, v. See 1st Mot. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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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.

2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote.

3. A place of meeting for discussion.

Mote bell, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.]

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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.

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Mote \Mote\, n. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. --Chaucer.

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Mote \Mote\, n. [OE. mot, AS. mot.]

A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck.

The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. --Bacon.

We are motes in the midst of generations. --Landor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)