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What does moot mean?

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Adjective
  1. (current in Britain, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
  2. (Canada) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
  3. (Canada) Having no practical impact or relevance.
Noun
  1. A moot court.
  2. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
  3. (Scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
  4. (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
  5. (historical) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality). [from the 12th c.]
  6. (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Verb
  1. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
  2. To discuss or debate.
  3. (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
  4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
  5. (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.
  6. (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
Noun
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
  2. (Scotland, Northern England, rural) Talk.
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