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demersing

demersing is the present participle and gerund of demerse.

Meaning of demerse

Verb

demerse (third-person singular simple present demerses, present participle demersing, simple past and past participle demersed)

  1. (also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive) 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...

Questions about demersing

What is demersing the present participle and gerund of?
Demersing is the present participle and gerund of demerse.

Words near demersing in the dictionary

  1. demersally
  2. demersals
  3. demerse
  4. demersed
  5. demerses
  6. demersing
  7. demersion
  8. demersions
  9. demes
  10. demesmaekerite
  11. demesman

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