blot – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of blot

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to blot out
Participle: blotted out
Gerund: blotting out

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iblot out
youblot out
he;she;itblots out
weblot out
youblot out
theyblot out

Perfect

Ihave blotted out
youhave blotted out
he;she;ithas blotted out
wehave blotted out
youhave blotted out
theyhave blotted out

Past

Iblotted out
youblotted out
he;she;itblotted out
weblotted out
youblotted out
theyblotted out

Pluperfect

Ihad blotted out
youhad blotted out
he;she;ithad blotted out
wehad blotted out
youhad blotted out
theyhad blotted out

Future

Iwill blot out
youwill blot out
he;she;itwill blot out
wewill blot out
youwill blot out
theywill blot out

Future Perfect

Iwill have blotted out
youwill have blotted out
he;she;itwill have blotted out
wewill have blotted out
youwill have blotted out
theywill have blotted out

Subjunctive

Present

Iblot out
youblot out
he;she;itblot out
weblot out
youblot out
theyblot out

Perfect

Ihave blotted out
youhave blotted out
he;she;ithave blotted out
wehave blotted out
youhave blotted out
theyhave blotted out

Imperfect

Iblotted out
youblotted out
he;she;itblotted out
weblotted out
youblotted out
theyblotted out

Pluperfect

Ihad blotted out
youhad blotted out
he;she;ithad blotted out
wehad blotted out
youhad blotted out
theyhad blotted out

Conditional

Present

Iwould blot out
youwould blot out
he;she;itwould blot out
wewould blot out
youwould blot out
theywould blot out

Perfect

Iwould have blotted out
youwould have blotted out
he;she;itwould have blotted out
wewould have blotted out
youwould have blotted out
theywould have blotted out

Imperative

youblot out
weLet's blot out
youblot out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam blotting out
youare blotting out
he;she;itis blotting out
weare blotting out
youare blotting out
theyare blotting out

Perfect

Ihave been blotting out
youhave been blotting out
he;she;ithas been blotting out
wehave been blotting out
youhave been blotting out
theyhave been blotting out

Past

Iwas blotting out
youwere blotting out
he;she;itwas blotting out
wewere blotting out
youwere blotting out
theywere blotting out

Pluperfect

Ihad been blotting out
youhad been blotting out
he;she;ithad been blotting out
wehad been blotting out
youhad been blotting out
theyhad been blotting out

Future

Iwill be blotting out
youwill be blotting out
he;she;itwill be blotting out
wewill be blotting out
youwill be blotting out
theywill be blotting out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been blotting out
youwill have been blotting out
he;she;itwill have been blotting out
wewill have been blotting out
youwill have been blotting out
theywill have been blotting out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be blotting out
youwould be blotting out
he;she;itwould be blotting out
wewould be blotting out
youwould be blotting out
theywould be blotting out

Perfect

Iwould have been blotting out
youwould have been blotting out
he;she;itwould have been blotting out
wewould have been blotting out
youwould have been blotting out
theywould have been blotting out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'blot'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'blot'

blat, blet, blit, bloat, blob, blog, blop, blote, blow, boot,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to try to diminish the reputation of
asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
to make physically dirty
assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befoul, begrime, beray, besully, bewray, blacken, blur, contaminate, darken, denigrate, dirty, drag through the mud, dull, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, pollute, sling mud, slotter, slur, smutch, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, taint, tarnish, uggle
stain
mar, blotch, sully, deface, spot, smudge, bespatter, disfigure

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”).

Verbs referencing "blot"

Welsh blotio.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] heard, but dimly seen; the broad, white, glistening track, that follows in the vessel 's wake; the men on the look-out forward, who would be scarcely visible against the dark sky, but for their blotting out some score of glistening stars; the helmsman at the wheel, with the illuminated card before him, shining, a speck of light amidst the darkness, like something sentient and of Divine [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] must be prepared to find their faces very low in the scale of intellectual expression. But the darkness—not of skin, but mind—which meets the stranger 's eye at every turn; the brutalizing and blotting out of all fairer characters traced by Nature 's hand; immeasurably outdo his worst belief. That travelled creation of the great satirist 's brain, who fresh from living among horses, peered from a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)