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submerse

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sub⋅merse

  [suhb-murs]
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–verb (used with object), -mersed, -mers⋅ing.
to submerge.
Origin:
1830–40; prob. back-formation from submersion < LL submersiōn-, s. of submersiō a sinking, equiv. to L submers(us) ptp. of submergere to submerge + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
sub⋅mer⋅sion  [suhb-mur-zhuhn, -shuhn] , noun
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sub·merse   (səb-mûrs')   
tr.v.   sub·mersed, sub·mers·ing, sub·mers·es
To submerge.

[Probably back-formation from submersion, act of submerging, from Late Latin submersiō, submersiōn-, from Latin submersus, past participle of submergere, to submerge; see submerge.]
sub·mer'sion (-mûr'zhən, -shən) n.
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