blots

Verb

blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted)

1. (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
2. (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.
   • This paper blots easily.
3. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
4. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
   • The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore,[…]1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath

   Synonyms:

   asperse, splatter, sprinkle

5. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
   • It blots thy beautie, as froſts doe bite the Meads,[…]c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

   Synonyms:

   dirty, pollute, ruin, ball up, blight, bumble, botch, bugger up, bungle, contaminate

6. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
   • Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood.1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert

   Synonyms:

   blemish, infamize, stain, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch

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