immerge
Americanverb (used without object)
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to plunge, as into a fluid.
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to disappear by entering into any medium, as the moon into the shadow of the sun.
verb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
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
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Though tides of love around her rove, I fear she'll choose Pactolus - In that bright surge bards ne'er immerge.
From Rejected Addresses by Smith, James
Of the probable and the marvellous, two parts of a vulgar epick poem, which immerge the critick in deep consideration, the Paradise Lost requires little to be said.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel
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
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
Bahr Kûlla I conceive to be an immerged country, of considerable extent, similar to Wangara; for the name, which is Arabic, implies as much.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey
The earth shall be immerged, and all things which are in it perish.
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Donnelly, Ignatius
It would have shaken off that lethargy in which the British soldiers had been immerged during the winter.
From Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched by Schroeder, John Frederick
Cold waves, immerged, the glowing mass congeal, And turn to adamant the hissing Steel.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus
But, when he had reached the foot of the hills, and found that the brook suddenly immerged into a mountain ravine, he halted in utter despondency.
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by De Quincey, Thomas
But he was now immerging into political controversy; for the year 1710 produced the Examiner, of which Swift wrote thirty-three papers.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
On immerging into the wood, for such it was, extending the whole downward way to Tintern, we all suddenly found ourselves deprived of sight; obscurity aggravated almost into pitchy darkness!
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph
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