Mot /(mōt)/

Mot

v.

Sing. pres. ind. Mot; pl. Mot; pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste

  1. May; must; might. [Obs.]
    He moot as well say one word as another
    The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.
    Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres.

Phrases & Compounds
So mote it be
so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.

Mot

n.
  1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.]
    Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
  2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism]
    Here and there turns up a . . . savage mot.
    — N. Brit. Rev.
  3. A note or brief strain on a bugle.