The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
He moot as well say one word as another
--Chaucer.
The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.
--Chaucer.
Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
freres.
--Chaucer.
So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.
Usage examples of "moote".
Ye moote nempne hym to what place also, Or to what contree, that yow list to ryde, And whan ye com ther as yow list abyde, Bidde hym descende, and trille another pyn, (For therin lith theffect of al the gyn) And he wol doun descende, and doon youre wille.
Eek Plato seith, who so kan hym rede, The wordes moote be cosyn to the dede.
And thus she seyde in hir benigne voys, "Fareweel, my child, I shal thee nevere see, But sith I thee have marked with the croys Of thilke fader blessed moote thou be, That for us deyde upon a croys of tree.