Immerse Definition

ĭ-mûrs
immersed, immerses, immersing
verb
immersed, immerses, immersing
To plunge, drop, or dip into or as if into a liquid, esp. so as to cover completely.
Webster's New World
To baptize by submerging in water.
Webster's New World
To absorb deeply; engross.
Immersed in study.
Webster's New World
(mathematics)
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adjective
(obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
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Origin of Immerse

  • From Middle English immersed embedded deeply from Latin immersus past participle of immergere to immerse in- in in–2 mergere to dip

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō.

    From Wiktionary

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