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Definition of Immerse

1. Verb. Thrust or throw into. "They immerse the object in the water"; "Immerse yourself in hot water"

2. Verb. Devote (oneself) fully to. "He immersed himself into his studies"

3. Verb. Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

4. Verb. Cause to be immersed. "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

Definition of Immerse

1. a. Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

2. v. t. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.

Definition of Immerse

1. to plunge into a liquid [v -MERSED, -MERSING, -MERSES]

Medical Definition of Immerse

1. 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) Origin: Immersed; Immersing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immerse

immemorially immense immensely immenseness immensenesses immenser immensest immensities immensity immensurable

immerge immerged immerges immerging immerse (current term) immerse (current term) immersed immersed immerses immersible

immersing immersion immersion immersionist immersions immersion bath immersion foot immersion foot immersion heater immersion lens

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