merto

1, v. freq. a.

mergo

I. to immerse, overwhelm (anteclass.): mertat pro mersat dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 14: quos hic non mertet metus, Att. ap. Non. 138, 33; 138, 2.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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