Main Entry: ²spot

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): spot·ted; spot·ting

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 : to stain the character or reputation of : disgrace
2 : to mark in or with a spot : stain
3 : to locate or identify by a spot
4 a : to single out : identify; especially : to note as a known criminal or a suspicious person b : detect, notice <spot a mistake> c (1) : to locate accurately <spot an enemy position> (2) : to cause to strike accurately <spot the battery's fire>
5 a : to lie at intervals in or over : stud b : to place at intervals or in a desired spot <spot field telephones> c : to fix in or as if in the beam of a spotlight d : to schedule in a particular spot or at a particular time
6 : to remove a spot from
7 : to allow as a handicapintransitive verb 1 : to become stained or discolored in spots
2 : to cause a spot
3 : to act as a spotter; especially : to locate targets
4 : to experience abnormal and sporadic bleeding in small amounts from the uterus

— spot·ta·ble \ˈspä-tə-bəl\ adjective