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disembogue

[ dis-em-bohg ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

disembogue

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ /

verb

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

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Derived Forms

ˌdisemˈboguement, noun

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Other Words From

disem·boguement noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disembogue¹

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)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disembogue¹

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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Example Sentences

You, yeoman fewterer, conduct me to The lady of the mansion, or my poniard Shall disembogue thy soul.

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The sepulchres shall groan and yield their prey, The bellowing floods shall disembogue their charge Of human victims.

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