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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Submerse

Submerse \Sub*merse"\, a. (Bot.) Submersed.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
submerse

early 15c., "to submerge, plunge" (transitive), from Latin submersus, past participle of submergere (see submerge). Modern use (18c.) might be a back-formation from submersion. Related: Submersed; submersing.

Wiktionary
submerse
  1. Denoting or characteristic of a plant growing entirely under water. v

  2. To submerge

WordNet
submerse
  1. v. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: submerge]

  2. put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn: submerge]

Usage examples of "submerse".

But it's my job to retrieve so I'll just have to submerse my feelings and go do it.

He took a bath in an old tub in one of the back rooms (because he wanted to and not because Matty Roh had suggested it, he told himself), carrying steaming water in buckets heated over the fire until he had enough to submerse himself.

And yet, he found himself submersed in eclairs, cheesecake and pavlova.

There was no soap, not that was mild enough any­way, so each skirt and blouse had to be submersed one by one and delicately scrubbed against itself.