Immerse

v. t. [imp. & p. p. IMMERSED (im-mērst′); p. pr. & sb. n. IMMERSING.] [Lat. immergere, immersum. See IMMERGE.] 1. To plunge into any thing that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. Warton. More than a mile immersed within the wood. Dryden. 2. To engage deeply; to involve; to overwhelm. “The queen immersed in such a trance.” Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyment of this. Atterbury.

a. [Lat. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See supra.] Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] “Things immerse in matter.” Bacon.