immerse

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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immerse (ɪˈmɜːs)

—vb (often foll by in)
1.	(often foll by in) to plunge or dip into liquid
2.	to involve deeply; engross: to immerse oneself in a problem
3.	to baptize by immersion

[C17: from Latin immergere, from im- (in) + mergere to dip]

im'mersible

—*adj*

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Example sentences

Those who dare get involved and immerse deep into this land, ultimately pay a

price.

Immerse the pendulum of a grandfather clock in water, for instance, and it will

slow down.

Immerse yourself in the story of the dispossession of any one group, and

clarity dissolves.

Poetic text and stunning photographs immerse readers in the unique wonders of

each sanctuary throughout this extraordinary tour.

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"If a man lose his balance, and immerse himself in any trades or pleasures for their own sake, he may be a good wheel or pin, but he is not a cultivated man."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson