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disembogue

(dis′im bōg′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb disembogued, disemboguing

to pour out (its waters) at the mouth; empty (itself): said esp. of a stream, river, etc.

Origin: Sp desembocar, to come out of the mouth of a river or haven < des- (L dis-), apart + embocar, to enter by the mouth < L in, in + bucca, cheek: see buccal

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verb dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing, dis·em·bogues

verb, intransitive

To flow out or empty, as water from a channel: “the river whose dirty waters disembogue into the harbor” (John Updike).

verb, transitive

To discharge or pour forth (water, for example).

Origin:

Origin: From Spanish desembogue, mouth of a river

Origin: , from desembocar, to flow out

Origin: : des-, reversal (from Latin dis-; see dis- )

Origin: + embocar, to put into the mouth (en-, in from Latin in-; see in-² + boca, mouth from Latin bucca, cheek)

Related Forms:

disˌem·bogueˈment noun

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