unspot

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verb

To remove spots from.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unspots · participle present unspotting · participle past unspotted · past unspotted

  1. raretransitiveTo remove spots from.

    […] to unspot the Leopard, and whiten the Blackmoor […]

    1709, Rev. Michael Pope (the Elder), Life and Death considered (page 83)
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    […] 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)

Origin

un- + spot

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APA

unspot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspot

MLA

“unspot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspot.

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