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.
Mot (mt; m, def. 2), n. [F. See Motto.] 1. A word; hence, a motto; a
device. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
Shak.