Submerge

sub-merj', v. [-merged (-merjd'), -mer- ging.] To put under water, plunge; to cover or overflow with water, drown. v. To plunge, as into water or other fluid; to be completely included or incorporated. [F. sub merger, L. submergere, sub — and mergere, mersum, to plunge: see Merge.] Submer'gence, -Jens, n. Act of, or state of being, etc. — Submerse', -mersed', -merst', a. (Bot.) Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants. — Submer's ion, n. Act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; state of being put under water or other fluid.