Im*merse" (?), a. [L. immersus,
p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.] 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.
