disembogue

American

[dis-em-bohg] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈboʊg /

verb (used without object)

disembogued, disemboguing

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

a river that disembogues into the ocean.

verb (used with object)

disembogued, disemboguing

to discharge; cast forth.

disembogue British

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

disemboguement noun

Etymology

Origin of disembogue

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)

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