disembogue

 [dis-em-bohg]  

dis·em·bogue

   [dis-em-bohg] verb, dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing.
verb (used without object)
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)
3.
to discharge; cast forth.

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Origin:
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 forms
dis·em·bogue·ment, noun
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disembogue (ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ)
 
—vb , -bogues, -boguing, -bogued
1.  (of a river, stream, etc) to discharge (water) at the mouth
2.  (intr) to flow out
 
[C16: from Spanish desembocar, from des-dis-1 + embocar put into the mouth, from em- in + boca mouth, from Latin bucca cheek]
 
disem'boguement
 
—n

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