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im·merse    (-mûrs) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
im·mersed , im·mers·ing , im·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.

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

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