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verb (used with object), sub·merged, sub·merg·ing.

  1. to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
  2. to cover or overflow with water; immerse.
  3. to cover; bury; subordinate; suppress: His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.

verb (used without object), sub·merged, sub·merg·ing.

  1. to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.
  2. to be covered or lost from sight.

verb

  1. to plunge, sink, or dive or cause to plunge, sink, or dive below the surface of water, etc
  2. (tr) to cover with water or some other liquid
  3. (tr) to hide; suppress
  4. (tr) to overwhelm, as with work, difficulties, etc
v.

c.1600, from Latin submergere “to plunge under, sink, overwhelm,” from sub “under” (see sub-) + mergere “to plunge, immerse” (see merge). Intransitive use is from 1650s, made common 20c. in connection with submarines. Related: Submerged; submerging.

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