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disembogue verb [ ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ ]

• (of a river or stream) emerge or be discharged into the sea or a larger river.
• "that sea disembogues into the northern ocean"
Origin: late 16th century: from Spanish desembocar, from des- (expressing reversal) + embocar ‘run into a creek or strait’ (based on boca ‘mouth’).


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