Definition of immerse

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Immerse (v. t.) To baptize by immersion.

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Bowssen :: Bowssen (v. t.) To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties)..
Bathe :: Bathe (v. t.) To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed..
Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Dowse :: Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse..
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed..
Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx..
Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the
Gasometer :: Gasometer (n.) An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war..
Demerse :: Demerse (v. t.) To immerse.
Whelm :: Whelm (v. t.) Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows..
Immersible :: Immersible (a.) Capable of being immersed.
Immersed :: Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
Immersed :: Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid..
Immerse :: Immerse (v. t.) To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge..
Immerge :: Immerge (v. t.) To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse..
Gluepot :: Gluepot (n.) A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
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