disembogue

[ dis-em-bohg ]

verb (used without object)

, dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing.

1. to discharge contents by pouring forth.
2. to discharge water, as at the mouth of a stream:

   a river that disembogues into the ocean.

verb (used with object)

, dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing.

1. to discharge; cast forth.

disembogue

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ /

verb

1. (of a river, stream, etc) to discharge (water) at the mouth
2. intr to flow out

Derived Forms

• ˌdisemˈboguement, noun

Other Words From

• disem·boguement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disembogue¹

1585–95; earlier disemboque, disemboke < Spanish desembocar, equivalent to des- dis- ¹ + embocar to enter by the mouth ( en- in (< Latin in- in- ² ) + boc ( a ) mouth (< Latin bucca ) + -ar infinitive suffix)

Word History and Origins

Origin of disembogue¹

C16: from Spanish desembocar, from des- dis- ¹+ embocar put into the mouth, from em- in + boca mouth, from Latin bucca cheek

Example Sentences

You, yeoman fewterer, conduct me to The lady of the mansion, or my poniard Shall disembogue thy soul.

From Project Gutenberg

The sepulchres shall groan and yield their prey, The bellowing floods shall disembogue their charge Of human victims.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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