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Sub*merge" (?), v. i. 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.
Gent. Mag.
Sub*mer"gence (?), n. [From L. submergens, p. pr.] The act of
submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.
Sub*merse" (?), a. (Bot.) Submersed.
Sub*mersed" (?), a. [L. submersus, p. p. of submergere. See Submerge.]
Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.
Sub*mer"sion (?), n. [L. submersio: cf. F. submersion.] 1. The act of
submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be
overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.
2. The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being
overflowed or drowned.
Sub`me*tal"lic (?), a. Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster.
Sub*min"is*ter (?), v. t. [L. subministrare, subministratum. See Sub-,
and Ministre, v. t.] To supply; to afford. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
Sub*min"is*ter, v. i. To be subservient; to be useful. [Obs.] "Our
passions . . . subminister to the best and worst purposes." L'EStrange.
Sub*min"is*trant (?), a. [L. subministrans, p. pr.] Subordinate;
subservient. [Obs.] Bacon.
Sub*min"is*trate (?), v. t. [See Subminister.] To supply; to afford; to
subminister. [Obs.] Harvey.
Sub*min`is*tra"tion (?), n. [L. subministratio.] The act of
subministering. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Sub*miss" (?), a. [L. submissus, p. p. of submittere to let down, to
lower. See Submit.] 1. Submissive; humble; obsequious. [Archaic] "Soft
Silence and submiss Obedience." Spenser. "Stooping and submiss." R. L.
Stevenson.