IMMERSED

Adjective

immersed (comparative more immersed, superlative most immersed)

Under the surface of a liquid; sunk.

Deeply involved.

Verb

immersed

simple past tense and past participle of immerse

Anagrams

• simmered

Source: Wiktionary


Im*mersed", p. p. & a.

1. Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.

2. Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Growing wholly under water. Gray.

IMMERSE

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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