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.
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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