demersion

English

Etymology

Latin demersio.

Noun

demersion (usually uncountable, plural demersions)

  1. The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
  2. The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for demersion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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