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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
submerged
adj
  1. beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks" [syn: submerged, submersed, underwater]
  2. growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves"
    Synonym(s): subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, submersed, underwater
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Submerge \Sub*merge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Submerged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Submerging}.] [L. submergere, submersum; sub under +
      mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See {Merge}.]
      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.
                                                                              --Shak.
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