MOT

Mot (mōt), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (mōt), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [[See Must, v.]] May; must; might. He moot as well say one word as another Chaucer. The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. Chaucer. Men moot give silver to the poore freres. Chaucer. So mote it be, so be it; amen; — a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.