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.
SUBMERGE
Sub*merge", v. i.
Defn: 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.
SUBMERGENCE
Sub*mer"gence, n. Etym: [From L. submergens, p.pr.]
Defn: The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.
SUBMERSE
Sub*merse", a. (Bot.)
Defn: Submersed.
SUBMERSED
Sub*mersed", a. Etym: [L. submersus, p.p. of submergere. See
Submerge.]
Defn: Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.