Part 5578

<hw>Im*mers"i*ble</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + L. <ets>mersus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>mergere</ets> to plunge.]</ety> <def>Not capable of being immersed.</def>

<h1>Immersion</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*mer"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immersio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>immersion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; <as>as, the <ex>immersion</ex> of Achilles in the Styx</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, <as>as, practiced by the Baptists</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.</def>

<blockquote>Too deep an <b>immersion</b> in the affairs of life. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to <i>emersion</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Immersion lens</col>, <cd>a microscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is practically <i>immersed<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Immersionist</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*mer"sion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.</def>

<h1>Immesh</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*mesh"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Immeshed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Immeshing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>mesh</ets>. Cf. <er>Inmesh</er>.]</ety> <def>To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.</def>

<h1>Immethodical</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im`me*thod"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Irregular; confused; disoderly; unsystematic; desultory.</syn>

<h1>Immethodically</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im`me*thod"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.</def>

<h1>Immethodicalness</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im`me*thod"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of method.</def>

<h1>Immethodize</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*meth"od*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Immetrical</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*met"ric*al</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not metrical or rhythmical</def>. <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Immew</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im*mew"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Emmew</er>.</def>

<h1>Immigrant</h1> <Xpage=732>

<hw>Im"mi*grant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>immigrans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>immigrare</ets> to go into: cf. F. <ets>immigrant</ets>. See <er>Immigrate</er>.]</ety> <def>One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of <i>emigrant</i>.</def>