mote UK /məʊt/US /moʊt/noun 5verb 3forms 2 noun5 •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. — 1611 •A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust. •(no longer used) A meeting for discussion. •(no longer used) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs. •(no longer used) A place of meeting for discussion. verb3 •(no longer used) 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. — 1980 •(no longer used) 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. — 1596 •(no longer used) Must. formsmust · motes
