Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Immerse"
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) 1.7 (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},
{soak up}]
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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