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View synonyms for mote
mote
1[ moht ]
mote
2[ moht ]
verb
, Archaic.
, past moste [mohst].
- may or might.
mote
1/ məʊt /
verb
- archaic.takes an infinitive without to may or might
mote
2/ məʊt /
noun
- a tiny speck
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Other Words From
- motey adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mote1
before 1000; Middle English, Old English mot speck; cognate with Dutch mot grit, sawdust, Norwegian mutt speck
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mote1
Old English mōt, first person singular present tense of mōtan to be allowed
Origin of mote2
Old English mot; compare Middle Dutch mot grit, Norwegian mutt speck
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Example Sentences
Cast the beam from thine eye before noticing the mote in that of thy neighbour.
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"You see the mote in your brother's eye, but not the beam in your own," said Nicolai Egeland, appropriately.
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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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Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
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The chinks were red with the outer glow, and a stream of mote-laden sunlight, aslant, came in at the companionway.
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