mooted

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mooted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less
              mooted, in this country.              --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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     2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for
        practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
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              First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain
              young men, containing some doubtful controversy.
                                                    --Sir T.
                                                    Elyot.
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     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.
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