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wa⋅ter⋅log

  [waw-ter-lawg, -log, wot-er-] verb, -logged, -log⋅ging.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
2. to soak, fill, or saturate with water so as to make soggy or useless.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become saturated with water.
Origin:
1770–80; appar. back formation from waterlogged
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wa·ter·log   (wô'tər-lôg', -lŏg', wŏt'ər-)   
tr.v.   wa·ter·logged, wa·ter·log·ging, wa·ter·logs

  1. To make (a boat, for example) heavy and unwieldy by flooding with water.

  2. To saturate with water and make soggy or unusable.


[Back-formation from waterlogged.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

waterlog 
1779, from water + log (n.); the notion is of "reduce to a log-like condition."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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