i Register
In some senses, mote is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A small particle; a speck.
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise? An Emmet match an Emperor in might?
verb
May or might.
he […] kept aloofe for dread to be descryde, / Untill fit time and place he mote espy, / Where he mote worke him scath and villeny.
Must.
Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may.
‘I shall not take Vengeance into my own Hands. The Goddess will do what She will.’ ‘So mote it be,’ said the Grandmaster.
noun
A meeting for discussion.
a wardmote in the city of London
A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
a folk mote
A place of meeting for discussion.