Mot
Mot (mōt) , verb
[See Must, v.]
May; must; might. [Obsolete]
He moot as well say one word as another
The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.
Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres.
Collocations (1)
So mote it be , so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.
Mot (mot; mo, def. 2) , noun
[F. See Motto.]
1.
A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obsolete] — Bp. Hall
Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
2.
A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism]
Here and there turns up a... savage mot.
3.
A note or brief strain on a bugle. — Sir W. Scott