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.
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Origin of disembogue
OTHER WORDS FROM disembogue
dis·em·bogue·ment, nounWords nearby disembogue
disembargo, disembark, disembarrass, disembodied, disembody, disembogue, disembosom, disembowel, disembroil, disemploy, disempower
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Example sentences from the Web for disembogue
You, yeoman fewterer, conduct me to The lady of the mansion, or my poniard Shall disembogue thy soul.
The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip MassingerThe sepulchres shall groan and yield their prey, The bellowing floods shall disembogue their charge Of human victims.
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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 forms of disembogue
disemboguement, nounWord 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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