disponge

verb

verb

/dɪsˈpʌnd͡ʒ/

Etymology From dis- + sponge.

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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