mote - definition of mote by The Free Dictionary
mote 1 (mōt) n. A very small particle; a speck: "Dust motes hung in a slant of sunlight" (Anne Tyler). [Middle English mot, from Old English.] mote 2 (mōt) aux.v. Archaic May; might. [Middle English moten, from Old English mōtan; see med-in Indo-European ...