IMMERGE

Etymology

Verb

immerge (third-person singular simple present immerges, present participle immerging, simple past and past participle immerged)

(transitive) To plunge into, under, or within anything, especially a fluid; to dip; to immerse.

(intransitive) To disappear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun.

Anagrams

• gemmier, gremmie

Source: Wiktionary


Im*merge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Immerging.] Etym: [L. immergere; pref. im- in + mergere to dip, plunge: cf. F. immerger. See Merge, and cf. Immerse.]

Definition: To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse. We took . . . lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of the leaves of senna. Boyle. Their souls are immerged in matter. Jer. Taylor.

Im*merge", v. i.

Definition: To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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