immerse

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: im=merse

CIDE DICTIONARY

immerse, a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.].

 Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

immerse, v. t. 

•  To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.  [1913 Webster]

  "Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave."  [1913 Webster]

  "More than a mile immersed within the wood."  [1913 Webster]
•  To baptize by immersion.  [1913 Webster]
•  To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.  [1913 Webster]

  "The queen immersed in such a trance."  [1913 Webster]

  "It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

immerse, v.tr.
1 a (often foll. by in) dip, plunge. b cause (a person) to be completely under water.
2 (often refl. or in passive; often foll. by in) absorb or involve deeply.
3 (often foll. by in) bury, embed.

Etymology

L immergere (as IN-(2), mergere mers- dip)

THESAURUS

immerse

absorb, absorb the attention, arrest, asperge, asperse, baptize, bury, busy, catch, charm, christen, deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, enchant, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, engulf, enthrall, exercise, fascinate, grab, grip, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hypnotize, immerge, inundate, involve, involve the interest, merge, mesmerize, monopolize, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, overwhelm, plunge, plunge in water, preoccupy, saturate, sink, soak, souse, spellbind, sprinkle, submerge, submerse, take up, whelm

ROGET THESAURUS

immerse

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

Plunge

VB plunge, dip, souse, duck, dive, plump, take a plunge, take a header, make a plunge, bathe, submerge, submerse, immerse, douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom, get out of one's depth, go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon, founder, welter, wallow.

Water

VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.