immerge

[ ih-murj ]
/ ɪˈmɜrdʒ /
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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

OTHER WORDS FROM immerge

im·mer·gence, noun un·im·merged, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH immerge

immerge emerge immerge immerse

Words nearby immerge

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Words related to immerge

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

Example sentences from the Web for 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
/ (ɪˈmɜːdʒ) /

verb

an archaic word for immerse

Derived forms of immerge

immergence, noun

Word Origin for immerge

C17: from Latin immergere to immerse