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
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.
• submerge
immerse (comparative more immerse, superlative most immerse)
(obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
Source: Wiktionary
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
27 September 2024
(verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; “She identified the man on the ‘wanted’ poster”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
