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English Dictionary: disembogue by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disembogue \Dis`em*bogue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disembogued};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Disemboguing}.] [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 Timavus raves, And through
                     nine channels disembogues his waves.   --Addison.
  
      2. To eject; to cast forth. [R.] --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disembogue \Dis`em*bogue"\, v. i.
      To become discharged; to flow out; to find vent; to pour out
      contents.
  
               Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue.      --Young.
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