mote

A small particle; a speck.

• Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
• What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise? An Emmet match an Emperor in might?

May or might.archaicno-present-participle

• he […] kept aloofe for dread to be descryde, / Untill fit time and place he mote espy, / Where he mote worke him scath and villeny.

Must.no-present-participleobsolete

Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may.archaicno-present-participle

• ‘I shall not take Vengeance into my own Hands. The Goddess will do what She will.’ ‘So mote it be,’ said the Grandmaster.

A meeting for discussion.obsolete

• a wardmote in the city of London

A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.obsolete

• a folk mote

A place of meeting for discussion.obsolete

A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.