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<hw>Im*mer"it*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unmerited.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Charles I.</i>

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<hw>Im*mer"it*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immeritus</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>meritus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>merere</ets>, <ets>mereri</ets>, to deserve.]</ety> <def>Undeserving.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

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<hw>Im*mers"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Immersible</er>.</def>

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<hw>Im*merse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immersus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>immergere</ets>. See <er>Immerge</er>.]</ety> <def>Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Things <i>immerse</i> in matter."

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Im*merse"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Immersed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Immersing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.</def>

<blockquote>Deep <b>immersed</b> beneath its whirling wave. <i>J Warton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>More than a mile <b>immersed</b> within the wood. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To baptize by immersion.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.</def>

<blockquote>The queen <b>immersed</b> in such a trance. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply <b>immersed</b> inn the enjoyments of this. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Im*mersed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing wholly under water.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

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<hw>Im*mers"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Immerse</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being immersed.</def>

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