Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

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

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 : WordNet®

merge
     v 1: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "Will the
          two Koreas unify?" [syn: {unify}, {unite}] [ant: {disunify}]
     2: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
        [syn: {blend}, {flux}, {mix}, {conflate}, {commingle}, {immix},
         {fuse}, {coalesce}, {meld}, {combine}]
     3: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: {unite}, {unify}]