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disponge en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈpʌnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From dis- + sponge.

Meanings

1. (poetic, rare) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.
   • The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ix]:

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