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Webster 1913 Edition


Demersion

De-mer′sion

Noun.
[L.
demersio
.]
1.
The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
2.
The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Demersion

DEMERSION

,
Noun.
[L. To plunge or drown.]
1.
A plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
2.
The state of being overwhelmed in water or earth.
3.
The putting of a medicine in a dissolving liquor.