merge
VerbWordNet 3.0
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Merge \Merge\, v. i. To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost. [1913 Webster]
Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
merge \merge\ (m[~e]rj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Merged (m[~e]rjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Merging (m[~e]r"j[i^]ng).] [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. Emerge, Immerse, Marrow.] To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb. [1913 Webster]
To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate vanity. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]