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   mote

   /məʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a tiny piece of a substance; a speck: "the tiniest mote of dust"

   Word Origin Old Englishmot, related to Dutch mot ‘dust, sawdust’.

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   What is the meaning of the word Mote?

   • Mote is an Old English word with Indo-European roots meaning may, must, or might. In context of the early masonic expression "so mote it be", it implied both a wish for and a hope of realizing God's will.

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   Do you see a mote in Your Brother's Eye?

   • Cast the beam from thine eye before noticing the mote in that of thy neighbour. "You see the mote in your brother's eye, but not the beam in your own," said Nicolai Egeland, appropriately. Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?

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   When was Mote first used?

   • The earliest known use of the verb mote is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for mote is from before 1522, in a translation by Gavin Douglas, poet and bishop of Dunkeld. It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150). mote is formed within English, by conversion.

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   How is the name Mote spelled?

   • The surname Mote (Arabic: موتيه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺘﻪ, Hindi: मोटे, Marathi: मोटे, Oriya: େମାେଟ, Russian: Мотэ) occurs most commonly as Mote. For other potential spellings of Mote click here. The surname is the 7,874 th most frequently held last name at a global level.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMOTE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Mote is a literary word for a very small piece of dust that is hard to see. Learn more about its meaning, synonyms and usage in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     MOTE meaning: 1. something, especially a piece of dust, that...

   • Znaczenie Mote, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     mote definicja: 1. something, especially a piece of dust,...

   • Mote in Simplified Chinese

     MOTE translate: 尘埃;微粒，屑. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Mote in Traditional Chinese

     MOTE translate: 塵埃;微粒，屑. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Speck

     SPECK definition: 1. a very small mark, piece, or amount: 2....

   • Moth

     MOTH definition: 1. an insect with wings that is similar to...

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     PARTICLE definition: 1. a word or a part of a word that has...

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   Mote is a noun meaning a small particle or speck, or an archaic auxiliary verb meaning may or might. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

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   Mote can be a noun meaning a small particle or speck, or a verb meaning to be allowed or to take an infinitive without to. Learn the origin, history, and usage of mote with examples and synonyms.

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   mote. Say the word: mote. It's short and quick, isn't it? The word corresponds to its meaning, which is something tiny: a speck of dust, a bit of fluff, a speckle of gold in the prospector's pan.

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   There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb mote, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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    Mote can be a noun meaning a tiny speck of dust or other particle, or an archaic verb meaning may or might. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, pronunciation and examples.