About The Word Immerse
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Immerse
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What's The Definition Of Immerse?
[v] engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"
[v] cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" [v] Thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in the hot water" [v] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" Synonyms | Synonyms for Immerse: absorb | bury | eat up | engross | engross | engulf | plunge | plunge | soak up | steep | swallow | swallow up Related Terms | Find terms related to Immerse: absorb | absorb the attention | arrest | asperge | asperse | baptize | bury | busy | catch | charm | christen | deluge | dip | douse | drown | duck | dunk | enchant | engage | engage the attention | engage the mind | engage the thoughts | engross | engross the mind | engross the thoughts | engulf | enthrall | exercise | fascinate | grab | grip | hold | hold spellbound | hold the interest | hypnotize | immerge | inundate | involve | involve the interest | merge | mesmerize | monopolize | obsess | occupy | occupy the attention | overwhelm | plunge | plunge in water | preoccupy | saturate | sink | soak | souse | spellbind | sprinkle | submerge | submerse | take up | whelm See Also | center | centre | concentrate | dip | douse | drink | drink in | dunk | enclose | focus | inclose | penetrate | perforate | pore | rivet | sheathe | shut in | soak | souse | submerge | submerse Immerse In Webster's Dictionary \Im*merse"\, a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See
{Immerge}.]
Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] ``Things immerse in
matter.'' --Bacon.
\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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