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blotteth

blotteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blot.

Meaning of blot

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

See all 14 meanings of blot

Origin of blotteth

blot + -eth

Questions about blotteth

What is blotteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blotteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blot.

Words near blotteth in the dictionary

  1. blotters
  2. blottery
  3. blottesque
  4. blottesques
  5. blottest
  6. blotteth
  7. blottier
  8. blottiest
  9. blotting
  10. blotting book
  11. blotting one's copy book

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