DISPONGE

Etymology

Verb

disponge (third-person singular simple present disponges, present participle disponging, simple past and past participle disponged)

(poetic, rare) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.

Anagrams

• deposing, dipsogen, pidgeons

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*ponge", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + sponge.]

Definition: To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also dispunge.] O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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