Meanings of moote by in English

These questions were often mooted by antiquaries.

Then came on the discussion about provisions in the army, the subject being mooted by one of Mr. Turnbull's close allies.

You will observe that no question of principle or of public policy has been mooted by either party during the negotiation.

Indeed, so lamentable a proposition as this of building a bridge across the river had never before been mooted by the public.

At this time the question of having him elected as a foreign member of the Institute was mooted by Reeve's friends in Paris.

On the Sunday they were as usual at Hampton, and then the subject was mooted by no less a person than Captain Cuttwater.

It had begun its proceedings with the famous declaration of the rights of man,-anabstract question, first mooted by Rousseau, and re-echoed by Jefferson.