immerse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: immerse	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for immerse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immerse v thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" [syn: immerse, plunge] devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" Synonym(s): steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" Synonym(s): immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" Synonym(s): plunge, immerse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immerse \Immerse"\, a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See {Immerge}.] Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] [bd]Things immerse* in matter.[b8] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.