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[John Zwiebel <>]

On May 4, 2004, at 11:50 AM, Joel Jaeggli wrote:

> > moot
> >
> > \Moot\, a. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided;
> > debatable; mooted.
>
> I was thinking of another definition, that of a doubtful question, 
> becuase
> even if there were demonstrable applications people will probably 
> deploy
> sa filters anyway. we're free to have as much debate as we like on the
> subject of course.
>
> > Your english lesson for today. :^)
>
>  A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less
>  mooted, in this country.              --Sir W. Hamilton.

Meaning it hasn't been discussed, while a 'moot point' is one
worthing of talking about because it is relevant.  ie "moot" sounds to 
me
like it should be irrelevant, but I guess it really isn't.


Pick one:

moot

\Moot\, v. i. To argue or plead in a supposed case.

 There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing 
and fighting. --B. Jonson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, 
Inc.

moot

\Moot\, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; -- usually in comp.] 
[Written also mote.] 1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; 
esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon 
times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; 
-- usually in composition; as, folk-moot. --J. R. Green.

 2. [From Moot, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of 
fictitious causes by way of practice.

 The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. --Sir T. Elyot.

Moot case, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an 
unsettled question. --Dryden.

Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for 
practicing the conduct of law cases.

Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.

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Inc.

moot

\Moot\, v. See 1st Mot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Inc.

moot

\Moot\, n. (Shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.

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Inc.

moot

\Moot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooting.] [OE. 
moten, motien, AS. m[=o]tan to meet or assemble for conversation, to 
discuss, dispute, fr. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting, an assembly; akin to 
Icel. m[=o]t, MHG. muoz. Cf. Meet to come together.] 1. To argue for 
and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.

 A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this 
country. --Sir W. Hamilton.

 2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; 
to propound and discuss in a mock court.

 First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, 
containing some doubtful controversy. --Sir T. Elyot.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, 
Inc.

moot

\Moot\, a. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; 
debatable; mooted.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, 
Inc.

moot

Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (m[=o]t), pl. 
Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] 
May; must; might.

 He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer.

 The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer.

 Men moot [i.e., one only] 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, 
Inc.

moot

adj 1: open to debate [syn: disputed] 2: capable of being disproved 
[syn: debatable, disputable] v : think about carefully; weigh; "They 
considered the possibility of a strike" [syn: consider, debate, turn 
over, deliberate]

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

moot

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