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unspot

unspot verb: to remove spots from.

Verb

unspot (third-person singular simple present unspots, present participle unspotting, simple past and past participle unspotted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove spots from.
    • […] to unspot the Leopard, and whiten the Blackmoor […]1709, Rev. Michael Pope (the Elder), Life and Death considered (page 83)
    • […] a visual, such as the "unspotting" of a Dalmatian, can both create an expectation and then violate it. The Dalmatian losing her spots, therefore, violates our experience with Dalmatians' spots, yet also creates an expectation that this ad will most likely advertise a product for dogs.2014, Edward F. McQuarrie, Barbara J. Phillips, Go Figure! New Directions in Advertising Rhetoric (page 146)

Forms of unspot

third-person singular presentunspots
present participleunspotting
past participleunspotted
pastunspotted

Origin of unspot

un- + spot

Questions about unspot

What does unspot mean?
Unspot means to remove spots from.
What part of speech is unspot?
Unspot is a verb.
What is the past tense of unspot?
The past tense of unspot is unspotted.

Words near unspot in the dictionary

  1. unsportsmanliness
  2. unsportsmanly
  3. unsportswomanlike
  4. unsporty
  5. unsporulated
  6. unspot
  7. unspotless
  8. unspotlighted
  9. unspots
  10. unspottable
  11. unspotted

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