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- 1. (of a river or stream) emerge or be discharged into the sea or a larger river: rare "that sea disembogues into the northern ocean"
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verb. dis· em· bogue ˌdis-im-ˈbōg. disembogued; disemboguing. Synonyms of disembogue. intransitive verb. : to flow or come forth from or as if from a channel. transitive verb. archaic : to pour out from or as if from a container. Word History. Etymology.
1. (of a river, stream, etc) to discharge (water) at the mouth. 2. (intransitive) to flow out. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. disemboguement (ˌdisemˈboguement) noun. Word origin.
Disembogue definition: to discharge contents by pouring forth.. See examples of DISEMBOGUE used in a sentence.
Jun 13, 2024 · to come out into the open sea from a river. (of a river or waters) to pour out, to debouch. Categories: English terms derived from Spanish.
1. (Physical Geography) (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] ˌdisemˈboguement n.
Disembogue definition: To flow out or empty, as water from a channel.
Verb. disembogue ( third-person singular simple present disembogues, present participle disemboguing, simple past and past participle disembogued) To come out into the open sea from a river etc. The ships disembogued from the harbour. 1612-1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, Act II, scene i, lines 36-38.
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To flow out, as at the mouth; become discharged; gain a vent: as, innumerable rivers disembogue into the ocean. Nautical, to pass across, or out of the mouth of, a river, gulf, or bay, as a ship. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
