单词 | moot |
释义 | mootn.1 1. a. A meeting, an assembly of people, esp. one for judicial or legislative purposes. Also: a place where a meeting is held.Chiefly associated with organs of national and local administration from the Anglo-Saxon to the early modern period (cf. gemot n., witenagemot n.). The older form mote is often retained by historians for the second element of names of specific institutions; cf. burgh-mote n. at borough n. Compounds 1, folkmoot n., hallmote n., hundred-mote n. at hundred n. and adj. Compounds 2, portmoot n., etc.This sense of the simple noun, for long historical and archaic, has undergone a partial revival since the late 19th cent., perhaps influenced by the revival of the legal use in sense 4.Recorded earliest in compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > [noun] mootOE gain-racea1340 again-cominga1382 encountering1482 rencountering1525 occursionc1540 encountrance1592 occurse1603 occurrence1607 affront1614 occursation1615 encountera1641 collision1664 vis-à-vis1867 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] mootOE councilc1275 mootingc1275 dayc1300 assembly1366 consistoryc1374 house1389 parliamentc1390 convention1554 synodal1573 synod1578 synedrion1581 convenement1603 gemot1643 consessus1646 legislative council1651 national assembly1702 council-general1817 concilium1834 runanga1857 OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 136 Forus uel prorostra, motstow on burge. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1129 Þa hi ðider comen þa began þæt mot on Monendæig & heold on an to ðe Fridæig. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 37 Heofene rice is ilic ane kynge, he ðe hæfde mot wið his men. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 83 (MED) Þe soðe quen shal a domes [dai] arisen on þe michele mote and fordemen þis frakede folc. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 2425 Al þat meidene mot [L. Chorus] cumeð her aȝein þe mid kempene crune. a1300 Passion our Lord 280 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 45 Heo by-wste þe dure þer al þat mot was. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 16307 (MED) Þai ne suld do him na vilani, For quat ending þe mote suld take, þai wist noght witerli. c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 379 Þe twa hed mutis of þe Justice salbe haldin ȝerly at Edinburgh or Peblis. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 216 A horse marschall thou call the at the mute And with that craft convoy the throu the land. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 416 In Common Councels, at popular mootes, they could beare no sway. c1670 T. Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws (1840) 169 After the Saxons had received the faith of Christ, those bishops that were amongst them, were always at the great moots in which they made their laws. 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 252 The whole country..seems to have been parcelled out into small districts,..in each of which there was a mote, or court of justice. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 302/2 In the Anglo-Saxon moots may be discerned the first germs of popular government in England. 1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere xiv. 97 At the next ordinary meeting of the neighbours, or Mote, as we call it, according to the ancient tongue of the times before bureaucracy. 1903 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 496 Necessary results of the Customs Union would be an imperial Moot containing representatives from the various parts of the Empire. 1935 Universe 26 July 3/3 The second World Rover Scouts Moot. 1973 Where Apr. 112/1 The moot, consisting of all school, community, and ancillary staff,..was dealing with such issues as representation on the governing body. 2000 News (Karachi) 25 Apr. 17/7 PCB is to be represented at the ICC moot by its Director Yawar Saeed. ΚΠ c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 10389 Many a man was ther assoyned Off ther lyff ther at her mote. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1529 Wallang fled our and durst nocht bid that mute. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun] mootingOE disputinga1225 mootc1225 sputingc1250 disputisounc1290 arguingc1385 sputisounc1390 debate1393 determinationc1400 luyte1477 disputation1489 dispicion?1510 argumenta1513 plead?a1513 traversing1524 dispicience1531 ruffle1532 debatement1536 argumentationa1538 debating1548 pro et contraa1554 canvassing1565 litigation1567 toil1597 discussion1598 tongue-work1598 agitation1600 canvass1611 fence1637 contestation1638 dispute1638 tongue-fence1643 actitation1661 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 548 (MED) Her is a meiden..se swiðe witti & wis on hire wordes, þat ha wið hire anes mot [L. disputando] meistreð us alle. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 468 (MED) Þos hule luste & leide an hord Al þis mot, word after word. a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) 704 (MED) Is hit no bote Ageines you to holde mote..For ye ne luit notht mi tellinges. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11949 (MED) Was þar-wit him na langer mote, Bot þar he fel dun at his fote. c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 278 (MED) Thus after talkyng we twynned a-sundre..and oure mote endid. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xxii. 621 Afterwarde, he keepeth greate Mutes aboute Qualities, and Quantities. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ded. 2 In the disputes of al purposes quherwith, after the exemple of the wyse in former ages, you use to season your moat. 1676 Doctr. of Devils 125 When the Lord hath decided the Controversy, & setled the Question, should men's Moots, groundless Opinions, small Arguments, and wilde Winter-Tales, unsettle us? ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit speechc897 mootc1225 pleadingc1275 pleac1300 actiona1325 quarrela1325 suit1348 pursuit1380 sokena1387 process1395 plead1455 pleament1480 suit in law1530 ployc1600 suit in equity1604 suit in chancery1621 lawsuit1624 instance1654 legal action1656 lis1932 c1225 Lofsong Lefdi (Royal) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 305 (MED) Nim mot for me ant were me, for ich am pine wurðe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27694 If þou..bringes man in iuel blame, or mote,..of this behoues þe mai þi scrift. 1433 in W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok (1863) I. 163 Or I..be herd in the plede or mut of the forsaidis landis. c1455 Regiam Majestatem c. 48 Forsuth sic mut or other also be transferryt of the court in the Kingis court. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Rawl.) (1974) 140 (MED) This matir is comprised..in maner of moote or plee, forasmoche as it procedith by the maner of trauersing wourdis. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Av Of mout or suite vndreamde Of barre thou beares no kepe. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 53 All mutes and pleyis quhilk happinis to rise within burgh, sould be pleadit and determinat within the samin. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i. 13 The order of mute or pley in court, is alreadie exponed. 1656 in J. A. Clyde Hope's Major Practicks (1938) II. 29 Actions of mute or pley once brought in befoir the chamerlane in his air should not descend to ane inferior court therefter. 4. Law. The discussion of a hypothetical case by law students for practice; a hypothetical doubtful case that may be used for discussion. Cf. bolt n.3 2.Revived in the Inns of Court in the 19th cent. but fell into disuse (last retained at Gray's Inn according to N.E.D., 1908). Reintroduced subsequently into universities where law is studied and into the Inns of Court. ΘΚΠ society > law > study of law > [noun] > discussion of hypothetical cases by students moot1512 mooting1523 bolting1598 society > law > study of law > [noun] > discussion of hypothetical cases by students > hypothetical case discussed moot1512 bolt1556 moot case1563 1512 Black Bks. Lincoln's Inn i. 166 in Notes & Queries Jan. 1953 2/1 Mynors the yonger is amercied for that he woul not use the Moute, and that the Moute failed. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiv. sig. Gviiiv In the lernyng of the lawes of this realme, there is at this daye an exercise, wherin is a..shadowe..of the auncient rhetorike. I meane the pleadynge used in courte and Chauncery called motes. 1539 Magna Carta (title page) With an Alminacke & a Calender to know the mootes. Necessarye for all yong studiers of the lawe. 1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. A4 I had as liue you had seen him in the Temple walk, confering with some learned Councelor or at the moote vpon a case in Law. a1650 S. D'Ewes Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) (modernized text) I. 232 On Thursday,..after our supper in the Middle Temple Hall ended, with another utter barrister, I argued a moot at the bench to the good satisfaction of such as heard me. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 271/2 There is a bailiff, or surveyor of the moots, annually chosen by the bench, to appoint the moot-men for the inns of chancery. 1855 Rep. Comm. Inns of Court 81 Mr. Lewis [c1847]..also established what are called ‘Moots’, that is to say, discussions on points of Law? 1876 Times 8 Nov. 10/6 A moot was held last night in the hall of Gray's-inn on the following question. 1926 E. Weekley Words Anc. & Mod. 70 The practice of holding at the Inns of Court moots at which law students gain experience by arguing an hypothetical case. 1962 E. Mitchell Business Man's Lawyer 441/2 Moot, a gathering of lawyers or law students, to argue—semi-formally—interesting but academic points of law. 1982 G. Williams Learning Law (ed. 11) 169 A mock trial differs from a moot in that it is a mock jury-trial, with jury and witnesses, not an argument on law. CompoundsΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > other signal bells moot-bellc1210 guild-bell1555 watch-bell1577 toll-bell1736 joy-bells1808 bear bell1975 c1210 (c1206) Leges Edwardi Confessoris: Version 4 (Rylands) (London interpolation) xxxii. §A3 in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 655 Pulsatis campanis, quod Anglici uocant mohtbelle [c1310 Claud. motbele, c1315 Corpus Cambr. mothbele]. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 67 If the emergent occasions were sudden and important by extraordinary summons of ringing the Moot-bels [citing Old English law]. ΘΚΠ society > law > study of law > [noun] > discussion of hypothetical cases by students > hypothetical case discussed > book containing cases moot-book1588 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xvii. f. 61v Wee by a moote-booke and a Brookes abridgement climbe to the Barre. moot court n. a mock court hearing at which students argue points of law for practice. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > Inns of Court > part where students practise moot hall1684 moot court1788 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 428 He gives lectures regularly, and holds moot courts and parliaments wherein he presides. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xcviii. 376 In some law schools much educational value is attributed to the moot courts in which the students are set to argue cases. 2000 Witness 14 No. 1. 107 I've gotta pick Trina up at the law school. They're rehearsing for moot court. moot courtroom n. a room or chamber in which a moot court is held. ΚΠ 1936 Amer. Law School Rev. Apr. 419/1 A set of rules for preparation..should be given to the students and placed in the moot courtroom. 1988 Advocate (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) Nov. 931 We will be opening the doors of our Moot Courtroom and inviting the public to view the run-off competitions for the annual UBC–UVic moots. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > one who signals on horn > horn as signal for moot moot-horna1300 wardmote horn1899 a1300 (c1200) Chron. Jocelin of Brakelond 74 Habitaque disputacione de cuius manu cornu acciperent, quod dicitur Mothorn. a1350 (?1264) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1909) 24 316 (MED) Statuerunt etiam inter se quod cornu haberent commune, cui intenderent cum sonum illius audirent..quod mothorn dicitur. moot-stow n. now historical a place where a moot is held. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > place of moot-stowOE moot-hill?c1425 lekgotla1897 OEMotstow [see sense 1a]. 1898 F. W. Maitland Township & Borough 39 Cambridge is the right and proper moot-stow for the thegns of the shire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). mootn.2 Chiefly English regional (southern). A tree stump. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stump > left after felling stumpc1440 hag1618 stoola1722 moot1777 fall1785 hagsnar1796 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 275 [Devon] A Moot, Radix. 1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) vii. 91 Moot, in Devonshire, is the same with stool in other counties. 1862 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 2 There was a layer of motts, as the stumps of old trees are called in the west. 1863 J. R. Wise New Forest xiv. 150 Sailors..dredging..sometimes draw up great logs of wood, locally known as ‘mootes’. 1872 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 288 Old roots festooned with flowers—roots called here [i.e. in Devon] ‘motes’. 1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 103 I got wan or two whacking gert ulkers ov mütes. 1920 Gloucestershire Life Sept. 37/2 The heavier of the soil-encrusted roots are moots—such as those from small bushes or trees. 1979 T. Hughes Moortown 66 A snaggle of faces Like pulled-out and heaped-up old moots. Compounds moot-end n. a tree stump; (also figurative) the buttocks. ΚΠ 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 275 [Devon] The Moot End of a Tree, Caudex quasi Cauda arboris et per Translationem Clunes, The Moot End of a Man—The Buttocks. 1886 W. H. Long Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 41 Moot end, the stump, or tail end of a thing. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 157/2 Moot-end, the roots of a tree; fig. the buttocks of a man; the ‘backside’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mootn.3 Shipbuilding. Obsolete. 1. An implement used in block-making (see quot. a1877). ΚΠ 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) 286/2 The pin to be turned is fixed by its head on the mandrel, and the moot is advanced to it on the sliding puppet. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1474/1 Moot, a piece of hard wood, hooped with iron at both ends, used in block-making. 2. A tool for shaping treenails cylindrically to the required diameter; (also) the particular size or diameter to which a treenail is to be made. ΚΠ 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Mooter, or Tree-Nail Mooter, a name given to the person who turns the tree-nails by the assistance of a moot. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 133 Mooting. Making a treenail exactly cylindrical to a given size or diameter, called the moot. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1474/1 Moot, a gage-ring for determining the size of tree-nails. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mootadj. 1. Originally in Law, of a case, issue, etc.: proposed for discussion at a moot (moot n.1 4). Later also gen.: open to argument, debatable; uncertain, doubtful; unable to be firmly resolved. Frequently in moot case, moot point. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] > that can be discussed moot1563 pleadable1565 argumentable1588 arguable1611 allowable1712 negotiable1939 neg1961 society > law > study of law > [noun] > discussion of hypothetical cases by students > hypothetical case discussed moot1512 bolt1556 moot case1563 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > matter for discussion questionc1225 pointc1300 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 positiona1398 motivec1400 move1439 gainsay1559 moot point1563 argumenta1568 prop1607 contention1635 corollary1636 hypothesis1669 discursivea1676 contestation1880 submission1884 society > law > study of law > [noun] > discussion of hypothetical cases by students > hypothetical case discussed > point in moot point1563 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain uncertaintya1387 ambiguity1445 moot point1563 measuring cast1631 inconcludency1654 disputablea1657 undefinable1809 tertium quid1826 open question1837 question mark1870 inconclusion1886 disputability1892 borderliner1953 undecidable1965 1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye sig. Vviv That they be not forced to sue the lawe, wrapped with so infinite crickes and moot poyntes. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 9/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The like question [sc. whether ‘fish’ or ‘flesh’] may be mooued of the sell [= seal], and if it were well canuassed, it would be found at the least wyse a moote case. a1650 S. D'Ewes Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) (modernized text) I. 240 I was scarce come into commons, but..I was set at work, arguing a moot-point or law-case on Thursday night after supper. 1658–9 in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 46 Jersey is part of France; so it is a moot point whether a habeas corpus lies. 1732–3 Sir C. Wogan in J. Swift Wks. (1824) XVII. 460 ‘My lords and gentlemen’, says he, ‘it is a very moot point to which of those causes we may ascribe the universal dulness of the Irish.’ 1779 G. Washington Let. 20 Mar. in Writings (1840) VI. ii. 204 The policy of our arming slaves is in my opinion a moot point, unless the enemy set the example. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 271/2 Particular times are appointed for the arguing moot-cases. 1808 Rep. Trials Col. A. Burr II. 78 If a statute of the United States were to adopt a common law phrase, in the creation of an offence, no common law consequences would follow, because we have no common law. But this is a moot point. 1876 A. D. Murray Charnwood 110 It remains a moot problem to be guessed at. 1899 Arch. Surg. 10 190 Those who are already well informed in essentials and quite prepared to discuss moot and difficult points. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 77 An age full..of Moot Questions—some mooter than others. 1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest x. 199 Whether he could have bitten us successfully..was rather a moot point, but it was not the sort of experiment I cared to make. 1990 Economist (BNC) 24 Mar. 125 Midland seems likely to be heading for the altar before long. Whether the Hongkong Bank will be the one waiting is a mooter question. 2. North American (originally Law). Of a case, issue, etc.: having no practical significance or relevance; abstract, academic.Now the usual sense in North America. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adjective] > as opposed to practical contemplative1563 paper1616 theoretic1617 considerative1677 theoretical1767 academic1812 moot1831 armchair1858 rocking chair1911 unempirical1934 1831 R. Peters Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 5 41 Whether it is the emanation from the people or the states, is a moot question, having no bearing on the supremacy of that supreme law which from a proper source has rightfully been imposed on us by sovereign power. 1899 Atlantic Reporter 42 517/2 Because the plaintiff boarded the cars for the purpose of making a test case, this is a moot case, which the court will not entertain. 1946 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. Jan. 126 A lawsuit which is, or has become, moot is neither a case nor a controversy in the constitutional sense and no federal court has the power to decide it. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 31 Aug. 18/4 Motion for an order dismissing this indictment for lack of prosecution is dismissed as moot. 2000 Time 20 Nov. 71/3 Media critics have long argued that networks should not call races until all polls have closed to avoid affecting turnout. It's a moot argument: information will out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mootv.1 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 58 Man mot on eornost motian wið his Drihten, se þe wyle þæt we sprecon mid weorcum wið hine. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 1443 Cniht þu ært muchel sot þat þu swa motest. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 22550 O murthes þan es nan to mote; Vnquemfulli þan sal þai quak, Þat all þe erth it sal to scak. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 3328 Þe lord saw it was na bote Obout that mater mor to mote. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 60 This marschall that I of mwt, That schir Robert of Keth was cald..Quhen that he saw [etc.]. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 178 In this mater heir will I mute no moir. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems ix. 12 If thou be he of vhom so many moots [etc.]. 1603 Proph. Waldhaue in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. C4 Mute on if ye may for mister ye haue. 1669 Hist. Sir Eger 32 Courteously to him could she mute. b. transitive. To say, to utter, to mention (a word, etc.). Also with clause as object. Now Scottish and English regional (northern). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 1238 (MED) Hwil þis eadi meiden motede & mealde þis & muchele mare. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23947 (MED) For mikel i haf to mote. c1480 (a1400) St. Alexis 430 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 453 Þat is my bale, but ony but, for þu na word wil to me mut. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) 1439 (MED) What schall we more of hym mote? 1559 D. Lindsay Complaynt 91 in Wks. (1931) I. 42 The first sillabis that thow did mute Was ‘pa, Da Lyn, vpon the lute’. a1625 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Harl.) 294 in Poems (1910) Of this mismade mowdewart, mischeif they muit. 1684 G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale 285 He niver meawted thou was ill. 1847 Montrose Standard 8 Oct. 2 Oh Sawnie has tell'd what should neer been mootit. 1897 H. Ochiltree Out of her Shroud xi 'Twas Bailie Duff wha pledged us on soul and conscience ne'er to moot a word o't. 1902 B. Kirkby in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 157/2 [Westmorland] He never mooted a word. 1972 J. Ross Select. Caithness Dial. Words in D. Omand Caithness Bk. 251 Moot, to mention. 2. a. intransitive. To complain, argue, plead, discuss, dispute, esp. in a law case; to bring an action to court, to litigate. Later: spec. to debate a hypothetical case, to take part in a moot.Apparently revived in 20th cent.: see note at moot n.1 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > argue, dispute, discuss [verb (intransitive)] mootOE sannc1175 sputea1225 argue1303 argumentc1320 strive1340 proceedc1390 reason?c1425 to roll the stone1581 argumentate1586 discuss1587 litigate1606 canvass1631 argumentizea1641 to take by the beard1809 dudgeon1859 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] mootOE to plead a cause1297 plead1429 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > debate publicly [verb (intransitive)] > as legal exercise moot1602 OE Ælfric Hexameron (Hatton 115) 41 Ðu scealt gelyfan on ðone lifigendan God, and na ofer ðine mæðe motian be him. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 43 (MED) Ofter he walde anuppon his underlinges mid wohe motien and longe dringan þenne he walde salmes singen oðer eani oðer god don. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 588 (MED) Makien se monie clerkes to cumene..to motin wið a meiden. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 6* Homme plede et toile pur glebe, M[an]. motith and striuyth for rit of kyrke. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. 1418 The kyng com to London, with lawe to mote in benke. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 149 She [sc. Meed] let lawe as hire list & louedaies makiþ; Þe mase for a mene man þeiȝ he mote [v.rr. mute; plede; c1400 B text moote] euere. a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 85 (MED) Þe gude man saw it was no bute Ogayns hir wil more forto mote. ?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) 1092 (MED) Iudas saw it was no bote More of þis mater for to mote. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 295 To mote in wronge causys. c1455 Regiam Majestatem c. 107 Quhen ony man agaynis other than the King mutis of purprisyng or of purprestur or agayn his lorde & nocht be ane assise..it salbe distrenȝeit. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 1008 The byschop Synclar agayn fled in-to But; With that fals king he had no will to mut. 1514 Minutes Parl. Middle Temple (1904) I. 44 He promised to mote, and did not mote, so that in the seid vacacion there was a mote lost. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Pi/1 To Moote, arguere, mouere dubia. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. i. 1536 It is a plaine case, whereon I mooted in our Temple. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xlvii. sig. H11 He talkes Statutes as fiercely, as if he had mooted seuen yeers in the Inns of Court. a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden ii. i. 25 in Five New Playes (1659) We will Cry mercy, you are busie, we will not moote to day then? 1986 P. Dobson & B. Fitzpatrick ‘Observer’ Bk. of Moots 1 (heading) How to Moot. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)] dispute1340 discuss1402 reason?c1425 mootc1475 arguea1513 canvass1530 ventilate?1530 deliberate1536 devisea1538 expostulate1573 agitate1598 imparlc1600 exagitate1610 eventilate?1625 altercate1683 litigate1740 spar1744 c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 60 (MED) Ande that yere were the plays holdyn and motyde at the Towre of London. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ii. 244 Before jugys ordanyt he Be plede causys mot to be. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiv. sig. Gviiiv A case is appoynted to be moted by certayne yonge men, contaynyng some doubtefull controuersie. 1598 in M. Wood & R. K. Hannay Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1927) V. 240 Mr. Hercules Rollok..hes mutit actioun before the lords aganis Hew Broun [etc.]. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i. 106 b Quha sa mutes any partie in Court to the third day. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover i. 24 Mrs. Circuit. Lord! I wonder Mr. Circuit you would breed that boy up to the bar. Serjeant. Why not, chuck? He has fine steady parts, and for his time moots a point——. 1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 21 If it were not a bad habit to moot cases on the supposed ruin of the constitution. 1796 J. Anstey Pleader's Guide ii. 36 Then dreams He that some point he's mooting. 1829 C. Lamb Let. 19 Mar. (1935) III. 212 A grave band..should moot cases in your book. 3. transitive. To raise or bring forward (a point, question, subject, etc.) for discussion; to propose, to suggest. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration puta1350 purposea1382 propone1402 motion1505 exhibit1529 propound?1531 prefer1539 raise1566 to put forward1569 broach1579 start1579 offer1583 propose1614 first1628 to put it to a person1664 moot1685 suppose1771 pose1862 to put up1901 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] laya1387 proposea1398 stirc1400 move1452 propound?1531 broach1579 start1579 moot1685 to set up1697 argument1747 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 253 Politicians now a-days moot nothing else, but that the greatest Wisedom consists in making it appear. 1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 153 Those who chiefly moot the business. 1842 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 82 I am now awaiting the third request in confidence: if you see no symptoms of its being mooted, perhaps you will kindly propose it. 1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain xix. 285 And now..the question is at least plausibly mooted again. 1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. ix. 202 The idea of their marriage had been mooted. 1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness vi. 42 As I find it difficult to mention her myself, the subject isn't mooted. 1991 Spare Rib (BNC) Feb. At that time a variety of women's presses were mooting ideas for conventional anthologies of Black writing in the UK. 4. transitive. U.S. To render (a question, matter, etc.) irrelevant or of no practical significance. ΚΠ 1980 Washington Post 1 Feb. 33/4 As the day wore on the matter seemed likely to be mooted by the cleverness of the crows that wheeled and cawed over the farm. 1987 B. A. Garner Dict. Mod. Legal Usage 365/1 The settlement did not moot the jurisdictional question. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 19 Jan. 3/1 His characterizations of Mr. Gorbachev..and Mr. Yeltsin..get it exactly right. His analysis of both men, while mooted now in the case of Mr. Gorbachev, should be read by..George Bush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mootv.2 Now English regional (chiefly south-western). transitive. Usually with up. To uproot, to dig or grub up. Also: to dig out, unearth (an otter). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) > dig up (object) upgravea1340 digc1350 to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 unearthc1450 holk1554 moil1581 sprittle1585 effodicate1599 moot1610 effode1657 to cast up1660 to rough out1834 exter1835 excavate1848 crow1853 stub1927 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > dig out or up delvec1000 upgravea1340 undelve1340 grubc1374 to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 unearthc1450 sprittle1585 effode1657 to cast up1660 exhume1783 moot1823 excavate1848 lift1883 spud1886 pig-root1890 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. vii. 105 He beareth Gules, the Stemme or Trunke of a Tree Eradicated, or Mooted vp by the roots. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. iii. 23 Trees on a stock are called Trunked, which also if they are cut, they are called Couped; but if torn (as it were) it is called Irradicated, or Mooted up by the roots. 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 275 [Devon] Mooted up—radicitus evulsus. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 500 Thrice did he 'scape us after we mooted him [sc. an otter] from the bank. 1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 226 Mooted (or Moulted) up by the roots, eradicated. 1855 Archaeologia 36 428 A huge portion of it [sc. this building] on all sides had, to use the provincial term, been ‘mooted up’, and carried away, for the sake of the stone for building purposes. 1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell lxxxiv. 24 Moot iv'ry brack about un. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 96 Moot, to grub up, of pigs, etc. 1958 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dial.: C908) (MS transcript) Track 57 [Herefordsh.] Scuffle is mooting it up—turning it over you know. 1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 78 Moot, to dig up with a mattock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mootv.3 Shipbuilding. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To shape (a treenail) to the required diameter by means of a moot. ΚΠ 1831 T. O'Scanlon Diccionario Marítimo Español Moot (To), hacer cabillas de madera exactamente cilíndricas y arregladas al diámetro dado. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 133 Mooting, making a treenail exactly cylindrical to a given size or diameter, called the moot: hence, when so made, it is said to be mooted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1OEn.21777n.31815adj.1563v.1OEv.21610v.31831 |
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