adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of demerse. form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Situated or growing or constantly under water. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

submerse

Etymology

From Latin dēmersus, past participle of dēmergere. Botanical sense coined by botanist Thomas Martyn in the 1790s.

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