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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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