dis·em·bogue (dĭs′ĕm-bōg′) intr.v. dis·em·bogued ,
dis·em·bogu·ing ,
dis·em·bogues To flow out or empty, as water from a channel: "the river whose dirty waters disembogue into the harbor" (John Updike).
[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 ).]
dis′em·bogue′ment n.
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disembogue (ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ ) vb ,
-bogues ,
-boguing or -bogued 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
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dis•em•bogue (ˌdɪs ɛmˈboʊg) v.i. -bogued, -bogu•ing. to discharge contents by pouring forth.
[1585–95; < Sp
desembocar =
des- dis -
1 +
embocar to enter by the mouth (
en- in (< Latin
in- in -
2 ) +
-bocar , derivative of
boca mouth < Latin
bucca )]
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disembogue Past participle: disemboguedGerund: disemboguingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative disembogue disembogue
Present I disembogue you disembogue he/she/it disembogues we disembogue you disembogue they disembogue
Preterite I disembogued you disembogued he/she/it disembogued we disembogued you disembogued they disembogued
Present Continuous I am disemboguing you are disemboguing he/she/it is disemboguing we are disemboguing you are disemboguing they are disemboguing
Present Perfect I have disembogued you have disembogued he/she/it has disembogued we have disembogued you have disembogued they have disembogued
Past Continuous I was disemboguing you were disemboguing he/she/it was disemboguing we were disemboguing you were disemboguing they were disemboguing
Past Perfect I had disembogued you had disembogued he/she/it had disembogued we had disembogued you had disembogued they had disembogued
Future I will disembogue you will disembogue he/she/it will disembogue we will disembogue you will disembogue they will disembogue
Future Perfect I will have disembogued you will have disembogued he/she/it will have disembogued we will have disembogued you will have disembogued they will have disembogued
Future Continuous I will be disemboguing you will be disemboguing he/she/it will be disemboguing we will be disemboguing you will be disemboguing they will be disemboguing
Present Perfect Continuous I have been disemboguing you have been disemboguing he/she/it has been disemboguing we have been disemboguing you have been disemboguing they have been disemboguing
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been disemboguing you will have been disemboguing he/she/it will have been disemboguing we will have been disemboguing you will have been disemboguing they will have been disemboguing
Past Perfect Continuous I had been disemboguing you had been disemboguing he/she/it had been disemboguing we had been disemboguing you had been disemboguing they had been disemboguing
Conditional I would disembogue you would disembogue he/she/it would disembogue we would disembogue you would disembogue they would disembogue
Past Conditional I would have disembogued you would have disembogued he/she/it would have disembogued we would have disembogued you would have disembogued they would have disembogued
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