submerge

t. & i. [Fr. sub merger, from Lat. submergo, from sub =under, and mergo to plunge; Sp. sumergir; Port. submergir; Ital. sommergere.] A. Transitive: 1. To plunge or put under water. 2. To cover with water; to overflow with water; to inundate, to drown. "So half my Egypt was submerg'd , and made A cistern for scal'd snakes." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , ii. 5. *B. In trans.: To plunge under water; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to sink out of sight. sŭb-mērģed, pa . par . or a. [SUBMERGE.]