Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Deeply plunged into a fluid, or, figuratively, into some state, occupation, etc.
- In botany:
- Growing wholly under water, as aquatic plants.
- Originating beneath the surface of the matrix, or beneath the soil
- In entomology, said of a part which is somewhat or wholly sunken in another part, as the head when it is covered by the prothorax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.
- past participle Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
- past participle (Bot.) Growing wholly under water.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
immerse .
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Examples
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Fray Ignatius says he went into the Colorado and was what they call immersed; he that was baptized with holy water by the thrice holy bishop of Durango.
Remember the Alamo 1888
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Fray Ignatius says he went into the Colorado and was what they call immersed; he that was baptized with holy water by the thrice holy bishop of Durango.
Remember the Alamo Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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When I was still in French-immersed gradeschool, I learned quickly that English words don't map nicely to French words in phrases all the time.
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Lord, lead me to get baptized immersed in water just like you were.
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Speaking as someone once 'immersed' in the same place.
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Assuming Branaugh is as "immersed" in the comics as he claims, I figure the Warriors Three will be Thor's allies/comic relief for the film; Sif will be the love interest playing off of Enchantress; Loki will be the villain with the Executioner as his henchman and Balder will be a younger Asgardian looking up to Thor.
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The Son of God, who from eternity shares the fullness of life with the Father and the Holy Spirit, was "immersed" in our reality as sinners to make us share in his own life: he was incarnate, he was born like us, he grew up like us and, on reaching adulthood, manifested his mission which began precisely with the "baptism of conversion" administered by John the Baptist.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Speaking as someone once 'immersed' in the same place.
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How can you get offended by a review, and then not even give arguments against it most seem to agree with the bad storyline but simply claim that you "enjoyed it" or was "immersed".
The Projection Booth 2009
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Might be the kind of Spanish, you are 'immersed' in.
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