mote

UK /moʊt/ US /moʊt/
noun 5verb 3name 1

Definitions

noun

1

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

1

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.

2

Must.

3

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

1

A meeting for discussion.

a wardmote in the city of London

2

A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.

a folk mote

3

A place of meeting for discussion.

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