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Mot   Listen
noun
Mot  n.  
1.
A word; hence, a motto; a device. (Obs.) "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.


verb
Mot  v.  (sing. pres. ind. mot, mote, moot, pl. mot, mote, moote; pres. subj. mote; past moste)  (Obs.) May; must; might. "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."
So mote it be, so be it; amen; a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.





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"Mot" Quotes from Famous Books



... Abbe Brigaud, folding his papers, "here is the first savant on record who has been known to make a bon-mot. It is true that he ...
— The Conspirators - The Chevalier d'Harmental • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
... qui m'assure autant qu'elle m'honore! Un intrt pressant veut que je vous implore. J'attends ou mon malheur ou ma flicit; Et tout dpend, Seigneur, de votre volont. Un mot de votre bouche, en terminant mes peines, Peut rendre Esther heureuse entre toutes les ...
— Esther • Jean Racine
... serious matters are viewed by an honest, enlightened, and devout scientific man. To solve the mysteries of the universe, as the French lady required a philosopher to explain his new system, "dans un mot," is beyond ...
— Darwiniana - Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism • Asa Gray
... vous le mot prefere, Marguerite?" asked Miss Marlett, who had heard the word, and who neglected no chance ...
— The Mark Of Cain • Andrew Lang
... lint paa Handi, Aa, giv eg var ein Vott paa denne Handi at eg fekk strjuka Kinni den.—Ho talar.— Aa tala meir, Ljos-Engel, med du lyser so klaart i denne Natti kring mitt Hovud, som naar dat kem ein utfloygd Himmels Sending mot Folk, som keika seg og stira beint upp med undrarsame kvit-snudd' Augo mot han, naar han skrid um dan seinleg-sigand' Skyi og sigler ...
— An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway • Martin Brown Ruud


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