IMMERSE

steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up

(verb) devote (oneself) fully to; “He immersed himself into his studies”

plunge, immerse

(verb) cause to be immersed; “The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text”

immerse, plunge

(verb) thrust or throw into; “Immerse yourself in hot water”

immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up

(verb) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; “The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

immerse (third-person singular simple present immerses, present participle immersing, simple past and past participle immersed)

(transitive) To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.

(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.

(transitive, mathematics) To map into an immersion.

Synonyms

• submerge

Adjective

immerse (comparative more immerse, superlative most immerse)

(obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.

Source: Wiktionary

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Im*merse", a. Etym: [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.]

Definition: Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter." Bacon.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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