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  • noun rare The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged.

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  • verb Present participle of embogue.

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  • Let it be acted upon with due promptitude, and, as certain as truth is mightier than error, fifteen years will not elapse before every foot of territory, from the mouth of the Delaware to the emboguing of the Rio Grande, will glitter with the jewels of freedom.

    The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It 1857

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