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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
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