MERG'ER, noun [Latin mergo, to merge.] In law, a merging or drowning of a less estate in a greater; as when a reversion in fee simple descends to or is purchased by a tenant of the same estate for years, the term for years is merged, lost, annihilated in the inheritance or fee simple estate.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.