to sprinkle or discharge as if from a sponge
• (v. t.) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.
Dis·ponge' transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + sponge .] 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.