mote
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“‘grain of sand’”)
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mote (plural motes)
- 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." -Matthew 7:5.
- A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.
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A small particle; a speck
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old English mōtan (“‘to be allowed to’”)
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mote
- must
- "So mote it be!"
[edit] Etymology 3
From demote
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to mote (third-person singular simple present motes, present participle moting, simple past and past participle moted)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To embarrass or patronize either with or without malice, especially in a case of situational irony.
- "And as Elizabeth tripped Frank--causing him to drop his soda--Andrew, who was looking on happily, shouted, "Moted!""
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- Anagrams of emot
- tome
[edit] Italian
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mote f.
- Plural form of mota.
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- Anagrams of emot
- temo
[edit] Lithuanian
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mote f.
[edit] Norwegian
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mote m. (definite singular moten; indefinite plural moter; definite plural motene)
[edit] Spanish
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mote m. (plural motes)
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