tr.v., -mersed, -mers·ing, -mers·es.

1. To cover completely in a liquid; submerge.
2. To baptize by submerging in water.
3. To engage wholly or deeply; absorb: scholars who immerse themselves in their subjects.

[From Middle English immersed, embedded deeply, from Latin immersus, past participle of immergere, to immerse : in-, in; see in–² + mergere, to dip.]

verb

1. To plunge briefly in or into a liquid: dip, douse, duck, dunk, immerge, souse, submerge, submerse. See enter/exit.
2. To occupy the full attention of: absorb, consume, engross, monopolize, preoccupy. See awareness/unawareness, excite/bore/interest.

v

Definition: become deeply involved
Antonyms: disinvolve, ignore, neglect

v

Definition: submerge in liquid
Antonyms: dry, retrieve

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IN BRIEF: To cover completely in liquid. Or to involve or occupy completely.

If a man lose his balance, and immerse himself in any trades or pleasures for their own sake, he may be a good wheel or pin, but he is not a cultivated man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - dyppe, nedsænke, døbe

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderdompelen, dompelen in

Français (French)
v. tr. - immerger, plonger (dans)

Deutsch (German)
v. - eintauchen, versenken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βυθίζω, βουτώ, εμβαπτίζω

Italiano (Italian)
immergere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - imergir

Русский (Russian)
погружать, погрязать, поглощать, крестить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - hundir, sumergir, estar absorto en

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sänka ner, doppa, döpa (genom nedsänkning i vatten), fördjupa (bildl.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
沉浸, 使陷入

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 沈浸, 使陷入

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 잠그다, ~에 빠뜨리다, 열중 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 浸す, 沈める, 埋める, 浸礼を施す, 没頭させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغمس, يغمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הטביל, השקיע‬

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