DISEMBOGUE

Etymology

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.

(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.

Synonyms

• (come out into the open sea): debouch

• (pour out): debouch

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`em*bogue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Disemboguing.] Etym: [Sp. desembocar; pref. des- (L. dis-) + embocar to put into the mouth, fr. en (L. in) + boca mouth, fr. L. bucca cheek. Cf. Debouch, Embogue.]

1. To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc. Rolling down, the steep Timavdisembogues his waves. Addison.

2. To eject; to cast forth. [R.] Swift.

Dis`em*bogue", v. i.

Definition: To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour out contents. Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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