Submerge /(?)/

Sub·merge

Submerge

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Submerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Submerging

  1. To put under water; to plunge.
  2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
    I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged.

Submerge

v. i.
  1. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.
    Some say swallows submerge in ponds.