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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Immerse \Im*merse"\, a. [L. immersus p. p. of immergere See {Immerge}.] Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] ``Things immerse in matter.'' --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Immerse \Im*merse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immersed}; p. pr & vb n. {Immersing}.] 1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. --J Warton. More than a mile immersed within the wood. --Dryden. 2. To baptize by immersion. 3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of to involve; to overhelm. The queen immersed in such a trance. --Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this --Atterbury. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: immerse v 1: Thrust or throw into "Immerse yourself in the hot water" [syn: {plunge}] 2: engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies" [syn: {steep}, {engulf}, {plunge}, {engross}, {absorb}] 3: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" [syn: {engross}, {swallow}, {swallow up}, {bury}, {eat up}] 4: cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" [syn: {plunge}]
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