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sponged |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sponge \Sponge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sponged}; p. pr & vb n. {Sponging}.] 1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as to sponge cloth. 2. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of --Hooker. 3. Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. ``How came such multitudes of our nation . . . to be sponged of their plate and their money?'' --South. 4. Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as to sponge a breakfast. --Swift.
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