submerse

[ suh b-murs ]

/ səbˈmɜrs /

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

Nearby words

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

Related forms

sub·mer·sion

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

Examples from the Web for submersion

But it was hardly rare—the kind of submersion we routinely see in flooded Mississippi River towns.
A Hurricane of Hype|Howard Kurtz|August 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Possibly, too, the submersion took place during the breeding season, drowning the eggs or young.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series|Philip Henry Gosse
When all these openings have been carefully closed and fastened, then begins the maneuver of submersion.
The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner|Georg-Gnther von Forstner
I could not learn that he rose at all after the first submersion.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819|Various

A tradition still exists of the submersion and destruction of this country, probably in the tenth century.
School Reading by Grades|James Baldwin
But the submersion of the swallows under water does not rest upon his testimony alone.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts