sop
1. sop \'sa:p\ n [ME soppe, fr. OE sopp; akin to OE su-pan to swallow -
m]ore at SUP chiefly dial 1: a piece of food dipped or steeped in a liquid
2: a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe, gift, or advance
2. sop vt or sopped; or sop.ping 1a: to steep or dip in or as if in liquid
1b: to wet thoroughly : SOAK 2: to mop up (as water) 3: to give a bribe
or conciliatory gift to
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