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

These two harbours furnish moreover, by the numerous streams and creeks that disembogue into them, most excellent means of communication with the interior.

From Project Gutenberg

Disembogue, dis-em-bōg′, v.t. and v.i. to discharge at the mouth, as a stream.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

"It hath been held for infallible that whatsoever ship or boat shall fall therein can never disembogue again by reason of the violent current which setteth into the said bay, as also for that the breeze and easterly wind bloweth directly into the same."

From Project Gutenberg

Taking its source at Allooli, the highest point of the Gollo range, this torrent strives to disembogue into the extremity of the lake, although its waters seldom arrive so far, save during the rainy season.

From Project Gutenberg

A previous blast foretells the rising storm; O’erwhelming turrets threaten ere they fall; 219 Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue; Earth trembles ere her yawning jaws devour; And smoke betrays the wide-consuming fire: Ruin from man is most conceal’d when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow.

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