Merge \Merge\, v. i. To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.

Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives. --I. Taylor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Merge \Merge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Merged; p. pr. & vb. n. Merging.]

[L. mergere, mersum. Cf. Emerge, Immerse, Marrow.]

To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate vanity. --Burke.

Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. --De Quincey.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)