unspot

English

Etymology

un- +‎ spot

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, rare) To remove spots from.
    • 1709, Rev. Michael Pope (the Elder), Life and Death considered (page 83)
      […] to unspot the Leopard, and whiten the Blackmoor […]
    • 2014, Edward F. McQuarrie, ‎Barbara J. Phillips, Go Figure! New Directions in Advertising Rhetoric (page 146)
      […] 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.
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