demerse
/dɪˈmɜː(ɹ)s/
demerse verb: to immerse, to submerge (something).
Verb
demerse (third-person singular simple present demerses, present participle demersing, simple past and past participle demersed)
- To immerse, to submerge (something).
- The peach, vvhich hitherto vvas demerſed, now mounted up to the upper part of the liquor in the ſecond receiver; all the reſt ſtaid in the bottom.1682, Robert Boyle, “A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and Their Effects. The Second Part. […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert...
Forms of demerse
| third-person singular present | demerses |
|---|---|
| present participle | demersing |
| past participle | demersed |
| past | demersed |
Origin of demerse
From Latin dēmersus, past participle of dēmergere. See merge.
Words that rhyme with demerse
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- purse
- worse
- -verse
- coerce
- converse
- excurse
- immerse
- multiverse
- obverse
- terce
- terse
- amerce
- asperse
- herse
- neurodiverse
- perse
- reimburse
- transverse
- a blessing and a curse
- absterse
- accurse
- costotransverse
- disburse
- Erse
- intertransverse
- megadiverse
- murse
- nontransverse
- pretransverse
- public purse
- recurse
- renverse
- sperse
- submerse
- subtransverse
- thurse
Questions about demerse
- What does demerse mean?
- Demerse means to immerse, to submerge (something).
- What part of speech is demerse?
- Demerse is a verb.
- How do you pronounce demerse?
- Demerse is pronounced /dɪˈmɜː(ɹ)s/.
- What is the past tense of demerse?
- The past tense of demerse is demersed.
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