Demersion

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demersion \De*mer"sion\n. [L. demersio.]
     1. The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
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     2. The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in
        water. --Ray.


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