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.
Origin: 1585–95; earlier disemboque, disemboke < Sp desembocar, equiv. to des-dis-1+ embocar to enter by the mouth (en- in (< L in-in-2) + boc(a) mouth (< L bucca) + -ar inf. suffix)
dis·em·bogue (dĭs'ěm-bōg') v.
dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing, dis·em·bogues
v.
intr. To flow out or empty, as water from a channel: "the river whose dirty waters disembogue into the harbor"(John Updike). v.
tr. To discharge or pour forth (water, for example).
[From Spanish desembogue, mouth of a river, from desembocar, to flow out : des-, reversal (from Latin dis-; see dis-) + embocar, to put into the mouth (en-, in from Latin in-; see in-2 + boca, mouth from Latin bucca, cheek).] dis'em·bogue'ment n.