resubmerge

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verb

To submerge again.

“The damaged submarine came up successfully, but was incapable of resubmerging and was captured on the surface.”

OriginEnglish submerge ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbresubmerge (third-person singular simple present resubmerges, present participle resubmerging, simple past and past participle resubmerged)

present singular third person resubmerges · participle present resubmerging · participle past resubmerged · past resubmerged

  1. To submerge again.

    The damaged submarine came up successfully, but was incapable of resubmerging and was captured on the surface.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsubmerge
  7. Englishresubmerge

From re- + submerge.

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APA

resubmerge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resubmerge

MLA

“resubmerge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resubmerge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resubmerge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resubmerge.

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