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Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moot}
(m[=o]t), pl. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moote}, pres. subj. {Mote};
imp. {Moste}.] [See {Must}, v.] [Obs.]
May; must; might.
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He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer.
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The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer.
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Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
freres. --Chaucer.
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{So mote it be}, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
as that of the Freemasons.
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Moot \Moot\, v. i.
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
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There is a difference between mooting and pleading;
between fencing and fighting. --B. Jonson.
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Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in
comp.] [Written also {mote}.]
1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting
of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon
times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of
common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
--J. R. Green.
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2. [From {Moot}, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a
discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.
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The pleading used in courts and chancery called
moots. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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{Moot case}, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable
case; an unsettled question. --Dryden.

{Moot court}, a mock court, such as is held by students of
law for practicing the conduct of law cases.

{Moot point}, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful
question.

{to make moot} v. t. to render moot[2]; to moot[3].
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moot \moot\ (m[=o]t), v.
See 1st {Mot}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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moot \moot\ (m[=oo]t), n. (Shipbuilding)
A ring for gauging wooden pins.
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Moot \Moot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mooted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mooting}.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. m[=o]tan to meet or
assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. m[=o]t, MHG.
muoz. Cf. {Meet} to come together.]
1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to
propose for discussion.
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A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less
mooted, in this country. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for
practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
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First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain
young men, containing some doubtful controversy.
--Sir T.
Elyot.
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3. To render inconsequential, as having no effect on the
practical outcome; to render academic; as, the ruling that
the law was invalid mooted the question of whether he
actually violated it.
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Moot \Moot\, a.
1. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided;
debatable; mooted.
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2. Of purely theoretical or academic interest; having no
practical consequence; as, the team won in spite of the
bad call, and whether the ruling was correct is a moot
question.
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