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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.]
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     1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
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              The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
                                                    --Gascoigne.
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     2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
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              It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
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              Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe.
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     4. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface;
        -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a
        sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
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              One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
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              He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
                                                    --Cowley.
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     6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
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     Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish;
          disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blot
       n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
             {smudge}, {spot}, {daub}, {smear}, {smirch}, {slur}]
       2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
          made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: {smear}, {smirch},
           {spot}, {stain}]
       v 1: dry (ink) with blotting paper
       2: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
          [syn: {spot}, {fleck}, {blob}]
       [also: {blotting}, {blotted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blotted
       See {blot}

















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