immerse

immerse
    v 1: thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" [syn:
         {immerse}, {plunge}]
    2: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his
       studies" [syn: {steep}, {immerse}, {engulf}, {plunge},
       {engross}, {absorb}, {soak up}]
    3: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
       waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
       thereafter" [syn: {immerse}, {swallow}, {swallow up}, {bury},
       {eat up}]
    4: cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students
       into the study of the Italian text" [syn: {plunge},
       {immerse}]
    

Immerse \Im*merse"\, a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See
   {Immerge}.]
   Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in
   matter." --Bacon.
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Immerse \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.
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            Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. --J Warton.
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            More than a mile immersed within the wood. --Dryden.
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   2. To baptize by immersion.
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   3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve;
      to overhelm.
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            The queen immersed in such a trance.  --Tennyson.
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            It is impossible to have a lively hope in another
            life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments
            of this.                              --Atterbury.
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59 Moby Thesaurus words for "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