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disponge

/dɪsˈpʌnd͡ʒ/

disponge verb: to sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.

Verb

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

  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...

Forms of disponge

third-person singular presentdisponges
present participledisponging
past participledisponged
pastdisponged
alternative formdispunge

Origin of disponge

From dis- + sponge.

Words that rhyme with disponge

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about disponge

What does disponge mean?
Disponge means to sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.
What part of speech is disponge?
Disponge is a verb.
How do you pronounce disponge?
Disponge is pronounced /dɪsˈpʌnd͡ʒ/.
What is the past tense of disponge?
The past tense of disponge is disponged.

Words near disponge in the dictionary

  1. disponent
  2. disponents
  3. disponer
  4. disponers
  5. dispones
  6. disponge
  7. disponged
  8. disponges
  9. disponging
  10. disponibilities
  11. disponibility

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