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Immerse (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.