submerse

[ suh b-murs ]
/ səbˈmɜrs /
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verb (used with object), sub·mersed, sub·mers·ing.

to submerge.

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Origin of submerse

1830–40; probably back-formation from submersion < Late Latin submersiōn-, stem of submersiō a sinking, equivalent to Latin submers(us) past participle of submergere to submerge + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM submerse

sub·mer·sion [suh b-mur-zhuh n, -shuh n] /səbˈmɜr ʒən, -ʃən/, noun

Words nearby submerse

submental vein, submerge, submerged, submerged arc welding, submergible, submerse, submersed, submersible, submetacentric, submetallic, submicron
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Words related to submerse

bathe, souse, duck, wash, pitch, slop, soak, lave, irrigate, splash, douse, wet, dunk, moisten, plunge, slosh, water, baptize, submerge, drench