Mote

Word MOTE
Character 4
Hyphenation mote
Pronunciations /məʊt/

Definitions and meanings of "Mote"

What do we mean by mote?

A very small particle; a speck. noun

May; might. auxiliary verb

May; might: chiefly in the subjunctive: as, so mote it be.

Must. See must.

An obsolete form of moot.

A small particle, as of dust visible in a ray of sunlight; anything very small. noun

A stain; a blemish. noun

An imperfection in wool. noun

The stalk of a plant. noun

A match or squib with which, before the introduction of the safety-fuse, it was customary to ignite the charge in blasting. noun

An obsolete form of moat. noun

Motion. noun

In cotton-spinning, a piece of broken cotton-seed, cotton-leaf, etc. noun

Boiled grains of maize, a dish much eaten in Peru and Bolivia. noun

To ride in a motor vehicle; engage in the sport of motoring.

See 1st mot. verb

The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See mot, n., 3, and mort. noun

A meeting of persons for discussion. noun

A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs. noun

A place of meeting for discussion. noun

A small particle; a speck.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Mote

The word "mote" in example sentences

We are still trying to use our moral rectitude, but that mote is pretty obvious at present, and the values are, to be honest, quite empty. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And The Egoist is a satire; so much must be allowed; but it is a satire of a singular quality, which tells you nothing of that obvious mote, which is engaged from first to last with that invisible beam. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)

A mote, that is itself invisible, shall darken the august faculty of sight in a human eye -- the heavens shall be hidden by a wretched atom that dares not show itself -- and the station of a syllable shall cloud the judgment of a council. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

God's gifts, and often make them occasions of sin; but this outcry of the beam against the mote, which is so grievously prevalent in the religious world, is very unseemly. ❋ 1790-1846 Charlotte Elizabeth (1818)

I am sending every "mote" I can envision that you and yours will not suffer from the ides of March, otherwise known as that mess the Republicans got us into. ❋ Anne Johnson (2009)

Finally the _Lassie_, which had somehow been induced to "mote," was descried coming across the bay from the direction of the old fisherman's cabin. ❋ Margaret Penrose (N/A)

Tyndale could hardly have known Wyclif's version, which was never printed and was rare in manuscript, but his use of certain words, such as "mote," ❋ Preserved Smith (1910)

In the New Testament the word occurs only in Matt. 7: 3, 4, 5, and Luke 6: 41, 42, where it means (Gr. dokos) a large piece of wood used for building purposes, as contrasted with "mote" (Gr. karphos), a small piece or mere splinter. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother. ❋ Anonymous (1867)

September 5th, 2009 Hey Maa Mata Ji girl, Disha Wakhani is now very much aggravated by the word "mote". ❋ Bureau News (2010)

Regarding the "mote" in the eyes of science, I think you have been misrepresenting my position as something like, among other things, anti-science. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Where the Gloss writes thus; "Cast out the mote, that is, the small sin that is in thine hand; he may answer, But cast you out the great sin that is in yours. ❋ 1602-1675 (1979)

"mote," it went so slowly that not enough momentum could be obtained to make the airship rise. ❋ Howard Roger Garis (1917)

"mote," denoting any small fault. that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ❋ Unknown (1871)

But first I think we'd better see if we can push ourselves off with the oars and boat hook, "for Betty, knowing that the best of motors may not" mote "at times, carried a pair of long sweeps by which the _Gem_ could laboriously be propelled in case of a break-down. ❋ Laura Lee Hope (N/A)

He who is lost is the innocent, well-educated young man who, without remorse, unconscious of his own degradation, takes advantage of a human being who is made a slave for him, and, moreover, covers her with contempt, without hearing the voice of conscience which admonishes him: "Why beholdest thou the mote which is in thy brother's eye? ❋ Maria Montessori (1911)

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