tr.v. sub·mersed, sub·mers·ing, sub·mers·es To submerge. [Probably back-formation from submersion, act of submerging, from Late Latin submersiō, submersiōn-, from Latin submersus, past participle of submergere, to submerge; see SUBMERGE.] sub·mersion (-mûrzhən, -shən) n. |
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