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spotteth

spotteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spot.

Meaning of spot

Verb

spot (third-person singular simple present spots, present participle spotting, simple past and past participle spotted)

  1. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
    • Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.
  2. (US, ditransitive, slang) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
    • I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.
  3. (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
    • Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
    Synonyms:
    begrime, blot, soil, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile
  4. (transitive) To cover with spots, to speckle.
    • No palm-tree rose to spot the wilderness; […]1853, Robert Southey, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 6
    Synonyms:
    asperse, bespeckle, fleck
  5. To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
    • "If you've got regular periods with an IUD that's fine, but if you're starting to spot or get quite a regular loss, then it should be carefully investigated." (Last)1988, Anne Dickson, Nikki Henriques, Women on Menopause: A Practical Guide to a Positive Transition, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co, →ISBN, page 39
  6. (dialectal) To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
    • And it is beginning to spot with rain. I must start work on a shelter.2019 April 1, Louise Allen, Least Likely to Marry a Duke: A Regency Historical Romance, Harlequin, →ISBN

See all 43 meanings of spot

Origin of spotteth

spot + -eth

Questions about spotteth

What is spotteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spotteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spot.

Words near spotteth in the dictionary

  1. spottees
  2. spotter
  3. spotter plane
  4. spotter planes
  5. spotters
  6. spotteth
  7. spottie
  8. spottier
  9. spotties
  10. spottiest
  11. spottily

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