emerse
emerse is the obsolete form of immerse.
Meaning of immerse
Verb
immerse (third-person singular simple present immerses, present participle immersing, simple past and past participle immersed)
- To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
- Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
- Synonyms:
- submerge
- To involve or engage deeply.
- The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
- To map into an immersion.
- Thus, in mathematical terms a Klein bottle cannot be "embedded" but only "immersed" in three dimensions as an embedding has no self-intersections but an immersion may have them.2002, Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture, page 40
Forms of emerse
| third-person singular present | emerses |
|---|---|
| present participle | emersing |
| past participle | emersed |
| past | emersed |
Questions about emerse
- What is emerse the obsolete form of?
- Emerse is the obsolete form of immerse.
Words near emerse in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: emerse (page history and authors); immerse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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