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disembogue

[ dis-em-bohg ]
/ ˌdɪs ɛmˈboʊg /
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verb (used without object), dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing.

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), dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing.

to discharge; cast forth.

RELATED WORDS

release, leak, emit, empty, spew, breathe, expend, spit, spill, vent, emanate, pour, beam, utter, ooze, belch, transmit, radiate, exude, secrete

Nearby words

disembargo, disembark, disembarrass, disembodied, disembody, disembogue, disembosom, disembowel, disembroil, disemploy, disempower

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)
Related formsdis·em·bogue·ment, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for disembogue

disembogue

/ (ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ) /

verb -bogues, -boguing or -bogued

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

Word Origin for disembogue

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