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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
submerged
adj 1: under water; e.g. at the bottom of a body of water; "sunken
treasure"; "a sunken ship" [syn: {sunken}] [ant: {afloat(p)},
{aground(p)}]
2: beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks" [syn: {submersed},
{underwater}]
3: (biology) growing or remaining under water; "viewing
subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged
leaves" [syn: {subaqueous}, {subaquatic}, {submersed}, {underwater}]
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