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Shakespeare Words

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If Shakespeare wrote it, we've Shmooped it.

Submerge

Popularized in The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

So half my Egypt were submerged and made

What would happen if you merged with a submarine? Yeah…you'd drown.

So maybe that's not how Shakespeare got the word, but it's an easy way to remember it's meaning.

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Tag: The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

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