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mote

/məʊt/

/moʊt/

Translations

motenoun

motes

/məʊt/

/moʊt/

A mote of dust floated in the sunlight.

Пылинка пыли плавала в солнечном свете.

Additional translations

Synonyms

moteverb

mote

Past Simple

mote

Past Participle

/məʊt/

/moʊt/

Archaic defective modal verb meaning "may, must, ought to"; chiefly preserved in the formulaic expression "So mote it be."

Additional translations

motenoun

A tiny piece of a substance; a speck.

A mote of dust floated in the beam of sunlight coming through the window.

moteverb

Archaic. To be allowed to; may (expressing possibility, permission, or wish).

"So mote it be," the ritual concluded, expressing the hope that it might indeed come to pass.