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sub⋅merge
[suh
b-murj]
verb, -merged, -merg⋅ing.–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. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Submerge
Sub*merge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Submerging.] [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.]1. To put under water; to plunge. 2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. --Shak.Submerge
Sub*merge"\, v. i. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. Some say swallows submerge in ponds. --Gent. Mag.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : submerge
Spanish:
sumergir,
German:
untertauchen,
Japanese:
沈む
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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