Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or by the erosion of the laud by the sea.
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- verb transitive To
deprive (a river) of its lower course ortrunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
Etymologies
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From be- (“off, away”) + trunk.
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