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Immerse [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. immers'. [Latin immersus, from immergo; in and mergo, to plunge.]

2. To put under water or other fluid; to plunge; to dip.

3. To sink or cover deep; to cover wholly; as, to be immersed in a wood.

4. To plunge; to overwhelm; to involve; to engage deeply; as, to immerse in business or cares.

5. It is impossible for a man to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyment of this.

Immerse [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

Immerse [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.

Immersed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Put into a fluid; plunged; deeply engaged; enveloped in the light of the sun, as a star, or in the shadow of the earth, as the moon.

Immersed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Immersed [Past participle and adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.

2. Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.

3. Growing wholly under water.