merge
merge (mẽrj) , transitive verb
[Latin mergere, mersum. Compare Emerge, Immerse, Marrow.]
To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
To merge all natural... sentiment in inordinate vanity.
Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots.
Merge , intransitive verb
To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.
Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives.