immerge

American  

[ih-murj] / ɪˈmɜrdʒ /

verb (used without object)

immerged, immerging

1. to plunge, as into a fluid.

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

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verb (used with object)

immerged, immerging

1. Archaic. to immerse.

immerge British  

/ ɪˈmɜːdʒ /

verb

1. an archaic word for immerse

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Other Word Forms

• immergence noun
• unimmerged adjective

Etymology

Origin of immerge

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

Example Sentences

I say farther; that much lesse shall the said Cone stay afloat, if one immerge a part thereof.

From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo

Much less shall the said Cone swim, if one immerge a part thereof.

From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo

We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way.

From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

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

From Alone by Douglas, Norman

Which you may see, comparing with the water as well the part that shall immerge as the other above water.

From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo