Immerse

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  • transitive verb. To cover completely in a liquid; submerge.
  • transitive verb. To baptize by submerging in water.
  • transitive verb. To engage wholly or deeply; absorb.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Immersed; buried; covered; deeply sunk.
  • To plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip.
  • Specifically, to baptize by immersion.
  • Figuratively, to plunge into, as a state, occupation, interest, etc.; involve deeply: as, to immerse one's self in business.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
  • transitive verb. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
  • transitive verb. To baptize by immersion.
  • transitive verb. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
  • verb. To involve deeply
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. thrust or throw into
  • verb. cause to be immersed
  • verb. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
  • verb. devote (oneself) fully to
    • Word Usage
    "Greek baptizo can be made to mean sprinkle or pour, or pour upon, so also, and just as easily, can the English word immerse -- no more, no less."
    Form
    immersion  immersive  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    close in  enclose  inclose  shut in  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Perse  adverse  averse  biodiverse  burse  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    2-2/3  Dixie  Styrofoam  Togo  apostles'  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absorb  absorb the attention  arrest  asperge  asperse  
    verb-form
    immersed  immerses  immersing  
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