disponge

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/dɪsˈpʌnd͡ʒ/

verb

To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person disponges · participle present disponging · participle past disponged · past disponged · alternative dispunge

  1. poeticrareTo 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]

Origin

From dis- + sponge.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with disponge

spongeplungegrungelungeexpungelongemungegungeblungeflungeglungehundgepunge
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Anagrams

dipsogen
Cite this entry
APA

disponge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disponge

MLA

“disponge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disponge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disponge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disponge.

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