v. 1 tr. a place under water; flood; inundate. b flood or inundate with work, problems, etc. 2 intr. (of a submarine, its crew, a diver, etc.) dive below the surface of water. the submerged tenth the supposed fraction of the population permanently living in poverty. submergence n. submergible adj. submersion n.
[ L submergere (as SUB-, mergere mers- dip) ]