submerge

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SUBMERGE, verb transitive submerj'. [Latin submergo; sub and mergo, to plunge.] 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 intransitive submerj'. To plunge under water, as swallows.
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