Found 2 items, similar to Mooted.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: moot moot n : a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; “he organized the weekly moot” v : think about carefully; weigh; “They considered the possibility of a strike”; “Turn the proposal over in your mind” [syn: consider, debate, turn over, deliberate] moot adj 1: of no legal significance (as having been previously decided) 2: open to argument or debate; “that is a moot question” [syn: arguable, debatable, disputable]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Mooted 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. [1913 Webster] A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court. [1913 Webster] First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy. --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster] 3. To render inconsequential, as having no effect on the practical outcome; to render academic; as, the ruling that the law was invalid mooted the question of whether he actually violated it. [PJC]