submersed

[suh b-murst]

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adjective

submerged.

Botany. growing under water.

Origin of submersed

1720–30; < Latin submers(us) (see submerse) + -ed²

submerse

[suh b-murs]

verb (used with object), sub·mersed, sub·mers·ing.

to submerge.

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

Related formssub·mer·sion

[suh b-mur-zhuh n, -shuh n] /səbˈmɜr ʒən, -ʃən/, noun

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Related Words for submersed

underwater

Examples from the Web for submersed

Historical Examples of submersed

Leaves alternate or opposite, the submersed often dissected.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
Asa Gray
When animals are submersed in water, their skins exercise two functions, acting inversely in determining their weight.
Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827
Various
They are submersed aquatics, or a few of them with long-stalked, floating leaves.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany
Douglas Houghton Campbell

Word Origin and History for submersed

submerse

early 15c., from Latin submersus, past participle of submergere (see submerge). Related: Submersed; submersing.