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  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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