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Webster 1913 Edition
Immerse
Im-merse′
,Adj.
Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
[Obs.]
“Things immerse in matter.” Bacon.
Im-merse′
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Immerse
IMMERSE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To put under water or other fluid; to plunge; to dip.2.
To sink or cover deep; to cover wholly; as, to be immersed in a wood.3.
To plunge; to overwhelm; to involve; to engage deeply; as, to immerse in business or cares. It is impossible for a man to have a lively hope in another life,and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyment of this.
Definition 2024
immerse
immerse
English
Verb
immerse (third-person singular simple present immerses, present participle immersing, simple past and past participle immersed)
- (transitive) To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
- Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
- (transitive) To involve deeply
- The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
- (mathematics) Map into an immersion.
- 2002, Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
- Thus, in mathematical terms a Klein bottle cannot be "embedded" but only "immersed" in three dimensions as an embedding has no self-intersections but an immersion may have them.
- 2002, Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
Translations
to put under the surface of a liquid
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to involve deeply
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Adjective
immerse (comparative more immerse, superlative most immerse)
- (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
- Francis Bacon
- After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.
- Francis Bacon
Italian
Adjective
immerse f pl
- feminine plural of immerso
Verb
immerse
- third-person singular past historic of immergere
- feminine plural past participle of immergere