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  1. imp. & p. p. of Spot
  2. a. Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
  3. adj. having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
  4. Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The spotted panther." Spenser. Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis. -- Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); -- so called because its bark falls off in spots.
  5. Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "Thespotted panther." Spenser. Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied tovarious eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinalmeningitis.-- Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); --so called because its bark falls off in spots.
  6. j:100 v catch sight of v detect with the senses v mar or impair with a flaw v make a spot or mark onto v become spotted v mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition s having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)