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Webster 1913 Edition
Submerge
Sub-merge′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Submerged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Submerging
.] 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
So half my Egypt were
submerged
. Shakespeare
Sub-merge′
,Verb.
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 1828 Edition
Submerge
SUBMERGE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To put under water; to plunge.2.
To cover or overflow with water; to drown. So half my Egypt was submerg'd.
SUBMERGE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
submerge
submerge
See also: submergé
English
Verb
submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- The submarine submerged in the water.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- In films many people are murdered by being submerged in a swimming pool.
- (transitive) To be engulfed in or with something.
- Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
Synonyms
Translations
to immerse (intransitive)
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to immerse (transitive)
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syb.mɛʁʒ/
Verb
submerge
- first-person singular present indicative of submerger
- third-person singular present indicative of submerger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of submerger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of submerger
- second-person singular imperative of submerger