immerge

[ih-murj]

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verb (used without object), im·merged, im·merg·ing.

to plunge, as into a fluid.

to disappear by entering into any medium, as the moon into the shadow of the sun.

verb (used with object), im·merged, im·merg·ing.

Archaic. to immerse.

Origin of immerge

First recorded in 1605–15, immerge is from the Latin word immergere to dip, plunge, sink into. See im-¹, merge

Related formsim·mer·gence, nounun·im·merged, adjective

Can be confusedimmerge emergeimmerge immerse

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Related Words for immerge

baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash, steep

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Historical Examples of immerge

Thus, by a kind of sacred procedure, I immerge myself into those old stones and recreate my peculiar Roman mood.
Alone
Norman Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for immerge

immerge

verb

an archaic word for immerse

Derived Formsimmergence, noun

Word Origin for immerge

C17: from Latin immergere to immerse

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Word Origin and History for immerge

1620s, "immerse, plunge" (rare), from Latin immergere "to dip, plunge" (see immersion). Related: Immerged; immerging.