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submerse

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

to submerge.

Words related to submerse

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

Words nearby submerse

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

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
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