submerse


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sub·merse

 (səb-mûrs′)
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·mer′sion (-mûr′zhən, -shən) n.
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sub•merse

(səbˈmɜrs)

v.t. -mersed, -mers•ing.
to submerge.
[1830–40; < Latin submersus, past participle of submergere to submerge]
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submerse


Past participle: submersed
Gerund: submersing

Imperative
submerse
submerse
Present
I submerse
you submerse
he/she/it submerses
we submerse
you submerse
they submerse
Preterite
I submersed
you submersed
he/she/it submersed
we submersed
you submersed
they submersed
Present Continuous
I am submersing
you are submersing
he/she/it is submersing
we are submersing
you are submersing
they are submersing
Present Perfect
I have submersed
you have submersed
he/she/it has submersed
we have submersed
you have submersed
they have submersed
Past Continuous
I was submersing
you were submersing
he/she/it was submersing
we were submersing
you were submersing
they were submersing
Past Perfect
I had submersed
you had submersed
he/she/it had submersed
we had submersed
you had submersed
they had submersed
Future
I will submerse
you will submerse
he/she/it will submerse
we will submerse
you will submerse
they will submerse
Future Perfect
I will have submersed
you will have submersed
he/she/it will have submersed
we will have submersed
you will have submersed
they will have submersed
Future Continuous
I will be submersing
you will be submersing
he/she/it will be submersing
we will be submersing
you will be submersing
they will be submersing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been submersing
you have been submersing
he/she/it has been submersing
we have been submersing
you have been submersing
they have been submersing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been submersing
you will have been submersing
he/she/it will have been submersing
we will have been submersing
you will have been submersing
they will have been submersing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been submersing
you had been submersing
he/she/it had been submersing
we had been submersing
you had been submersing
they had been submersing
Conditional
I would submerse
you would submerse
he/she/it would submerse
we would submerse
you would submerse
they would submerse
Past Conditional
I would have submersed
you would have submersed
he/she/it would have submersed
we would have submersed
you would have submersed
they would have submersed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.submerse - sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
dive - plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
go under, go down, sink, settle - go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
2.submerse - put under water; "submerge your head completely"
immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
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submerse

verb
1. To plunge briefly in or into a liquid:
2. To go beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid:
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