submerge

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). Surface analysis is sub- +‎ merge.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)

1. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.

   The submarine submerged in the water.

2. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

   Synonym: immerse

   In films many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

3. (transitive, figurative, in the passive) To engulf or overwhelm.

   Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

• submerse

• submergence
• submerger

• submersion

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• IPA^(key): /syb.mɛʁʒ/

submerge

1. inflection of submerger:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

submerge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of submergō

submerge

1. inflection of submergir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative