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sub⋅merge

  [suhb-murj] verb, -merged, -merg⋅ing.
Use submerge in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
2. to cover or overflow with water; immerse.
3. to cover; bury; subordinate; suppress: His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.
–verb (used without object)
4. to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.
5. to be covered or lost from sight.
Origin:
1600–10; < L submergere, equiv. to sub- sub- + mergere to dip, immerse; see merge

Related forms:
sub⋅mer⋅gence, noun

Synonyms:
1. submerse. 2. flood, inundate, engulf.
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sub·merge   (səb-mûrj')   
v.   sub·merged, sub·merg·ing, sub·merg·es

v.   tr.

  1. To place under water.

  2. To cover with water; inundate.

  3. To hide from view; obscure.

v.   intr.
To go under or as if under water.

[Latin submergere : sub-, sub- + mergere, to plunge.]
sub·mer'gence n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

submerge 
1606, from L. submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive use is from 1652, made common 20c. in connection with submarines.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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