To flow or pour out from a river or stream into a larger body of water, like a bay or ocean.
From Spanish 'desbocar' or Portuguese 'desbocar,' meaning to flow out or discharge. The term entered English through maritime vocabulary.
This nautical term appears in old geographical descriptions—rivers 'disbogue' into estuaries and bays, a word that makes you imagine water pouring dramatically into wider waters.
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