Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mote
Participle: moted
Gerund: moting
Indicative
Present
| I | mote |
| you | mote |
| he;she;it | motes |
| we | mote |
| you | mote |
| they | mote |
Perfect
| I | have moted |
| you | have moted |
| he;she;it | has moted |
| we | have moted |
| you | have moted |
| they | have moted |
Past
| I | moted |
| you | moted |
| he;she;it | moted |
| we | moted |
| you | moted |
| they | moted |
Pluperfect
| I | had moted |
| you | had moted |
| he;she;it | had moted |
| we | had moted |
| you | had moted |
| they | had moted |
Future
| I | will mote |
| you | will mote |
| he;she;it | will mote |
| we | will mote |
| you | will mote |
| they | will mote |
Future Perfect
| I | will have moted |
| you | will have moted |
| he;she;it | will have moted |
| we | will have moted |
| you | will have moted |
| they | will have moted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mote |
| you | mote |
| he;she;it | mote |
| we | mote |
| you | mote |
| they | mote |
Perfect
| I | have moted |
| you | have moted |
| he;she;it | have moted |
| we | have moted |
| you | have moted |
| they | have moted |
Imperfect
| I | moted |
| you | moted |
| he;she;it | moted |
| we | moted |
| you | moted |
| they | moted |
Pluperfect
| I | had moted |
| you | had moted |
| he;she;it | had moted |
| we | had moted |
| you | had moted |
| they | had moted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mote |
| you | would mote |
| he;she;it | would mote |
| we | would mote |
| you | would mote |
| they | would mote |
Perfect
| I | would have moted |
| you | would have moted |
| he;she;it | would have moted |
| we | would have moted |
| you | would have moted |
| they | would have moted |
Imperative
| you | mote |
| we | Let's mote |
| you | mote |
Verbs conjugated like 'mote'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mote'
cote,
dote,
emote,
hote,
lote,
mate,
mete,
moate,
moe,
mole,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English moten, from Old English mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, may, must”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną (“to be able to, have to, be delegated”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, be in charge of”). Cognate with Dutch moeten (“to have to, must”), German müssen (“to have to, must”), Ancient Greek μέδω (médō, “to prevail, dominate, rule over”). Related to empty. See: Middle English '
moten', Proto-Germanic '
*mōtaną', Dutch '
moeten', German, old spelling '
müssen'.
Verbs referencing "mote"
Dutch
moeten, Cimbrian missan.
Sample Sentences
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he […] kept aloofe for dread to be descryde, / Untill fit time and place he mote espy, / Where he mote worke him scath and villeny. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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‘I shall not take Vengeance into my own Hands. The Goddess will do what She will.’ ‘So mote it be,’ said the Grandmaster. [1980, Erica Jong, Fanny:]