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im·merse       [i-murs] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -mersed, -mers·ing.
1.to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
2.to involve deeply; absorb: She is totally immersed in her law practice.
3.to baptize by immersion.
4.to embed; bury.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L immersus, ptp. of immergere; see immerge]

—Related forms
im·mers·i·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 1. immerge, duck, douse. See dip1. 2. engage.
—Antonyms 4. disinter.
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im·merse       (ĭ-mûrs')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   im·mersed, im·mers·ing, im·mers·es
  1. To cover completely in a liquid; submerge.
  2. To baptize by submerging in water.
  3. To engage wholly or deeply; absorb: scholars who immerse themselves in their subjects.


[From Middle English immersed, embedded deeply, from Latin immersus, past participle of immergere, to immerse : in-, in; see in-2 + mergere, to dip.]

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immerse

verb
1. thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" 
2. devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" [syn: steep] 
3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" 
4. cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" [syn: plunge] 

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Immerse

Im*merse"\, a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.] Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter." --Bacon.

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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.

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