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dis·em·bogue  (dsm-bg)

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).

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[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).]

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disem·boguement n.

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disembogue [ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊg]

vb -bogues, -boguing, -bogued

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of a river, stream, etc.) to discharge (water) at the mouth

2. (intr) to flow out

[from Spanish desembocar, from des- dis-¹ + embocar put into the mouth, from em- in + boca mouth, from Latin bucca cheek]

disemboguement  n