DISEMBOGUE


Meaning of DISEMBOGUE in English

|disə̇m|bōg, -ˌsem- verb

( disembogued ; disembogued ; disemboguing ; disembogues )

Etymology: modification of Spanish desembocar, from des- (from Latin dis- dis- (I)) + embocar to put into the mouth, from en in (from Latin in ) + -bocar (from boca mouth, from Latin bucca cheek, mouth) — more at in , pock

intransitive verb

1. obsolete

a. : to pass through a narrow channel (as a strait or the mouth of a river) into the open sea

b. : to come forth as if from a channel : emerge

2.

a. of a body of water : to discharge water through an outlet or mouth ; often : to flow to a specified place — used with into

streams disemboguing into the sea

b. : to discharge contents as if they were flowing water

transitive verb

1. of a body of water : to pour out (as waters) or discharge (itself) through an outlet or into another body of water

a swift stream disemboguing its waters through a rocky outlet

the river disembogued itself into the sea

2. archaic : to pour out (as contents) like water from a stream : empty (as oneself) by such pouring

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