Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sponged"
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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