Mot
(Mot) v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot 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.
Mot
(Mot) 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.
Motacil
(Mot"a*cil) n. [Cf. F. motacille.] (Zoöl.) Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.
Motation
(Mo*ta"tion) n. [L. motare, motatum, to keep moving.] The act of moving; motion. [Obs.]