The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country.
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Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy.
--Sir T. Elyot. 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.
Wiktionary
n. The activity of taking part in a moot court. vb. (present participle of moot English)
Usage examples of "mooting".
I began to see that there was something in this plan she was mooting, if mooting is the word I want.
Stuffed into the opposite side of the booth, Hyaki was mooting whether to order the tambaqui and chips or fejoada with barbecued capybara.
And now, if your words have the meaning I read into them, you are mooting precisely the same drivelling scheme.