'Immerse' definitions:

Definition of 'immerse'

(from WordNet)
verb
Thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" [syn: immerse, plunge]
verb
Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up]
verb
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]
verb
Cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" [syn: plunge, immerse]

Definition of 'Immerse'

From: GCIDE
  • Immerse \Im*merse"\, a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.] Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Immerse'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. --J Warton. [1913 Webster]
  • More than a mile immersed within the wood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To baptize by immersion. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. [1913 Webster]
  • The queen immersed in such a trance. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'immerse'

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