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blot (iou)



blot verb. Infl. -tt-. LME.
[from BLOT noun1.]
I. verb trans.
Spot or stain with ink, tears, etc.; blur, smudge. LME.
blot one's copybook colloq. spoil one's character or record, commit an indiscretion.
Cover (paper) with worthless Writing. LME-M17.
Disgrace; tarnish, sully, (good qualities or reputation). arch. LME.
N. Rowe Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood.
b. Stigmatize, calumniate. LME-E17.
Obliterate (Writing); efface; obscure (a view etc.); exterminate, destroy. Usu. foll. by out. LME.
Shakespeare Richard II My name be blotted from the book of life. C. S. Forester The German trenches were blotted out by the smoke and debris. E. Figes My arrival has been blotted out: I cannot remember it. A. Price Any chance of a reply..was blotted out by the roar of another big jet.
Dry with blotting-paper. M19.
Biology & Medicine. Transfer from a medium used for electrophoretic or chromatographic separation to an immobilizing medium where the constituents can be identified. L20.
II. verb intrans.
Of a pen, ink, etc.: make blots. LME.
Sully a reputation etc. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
Become blotted, smudge. M19.

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