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immerse
verb
1 immerse
Thrust or throw into:
— Immerse yourself in hot water.
synonym: plunge.
Roget 300:
insert;
introduce,
intromit;
put into,
run into;
import;
inject;
interject
etc.
298;
infuse,
instill,
inoculate,
impregnate,
imbue,
imbrue.
graft,
ingraft†,
bud,
plant,
implant;
dovetail.
obtrude;
thrust in,
stick in,
ram in,
stuff in,
tuck in,
press,
in,
drive in,
pop in,
whip in,
drop in,
put in;
impact;
empierce†
etc.
(make a hole)
260†.
imbed;
immerse,
immerge,
merge;
bathe,
soak
etc.
(water)
337;
dip,
plunge
etc.
310.
bury
etc.
(inter)
363.
insert itself,
lodge itself
&c.;
plunge in medias res.
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Dutch: onderdompelen
2 immerse
Devote (oneself) fully to:
— He immersed himself into his studies.
synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, plunge, soak up, steep.
Roget 310:
plunge,
dip,
souse,
duck;
dive,
plump;
take a plunge,
take a header;
make a plunge;
bathe
etc.
(water)
337.
submerge,
submerse;
immerse;
douse,
sink,
engulf,
send to the bottom.
get out of one's depth;
go to the bottom,
go down like a stone,
drop like a lead balloon;
founder,
welter,
wallow.
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Roget 337:
be watery
etc.
adj.;
reek.
add water,
water,
wet;
moisten
etc.
339;
dilute,
dip,
immerse;
merge;
immerge,
submerge;
plunge,
souse,
duck,
drown;
soak,
steep,
macerate,
pickle,
wash,
sprinkle,
lave,
bathe,
affuse†,
splash,
swash,
douse,
drench;
dabble,
slop,
slobber,
irrigate,
inundate,
deluge;
syringe,
inject,
gargle.
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Dutch: opgaan
3 immerse
4 immerse
Cause to be immersed.
synonym: plunge.
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