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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)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
    • The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
  3. (transitive) 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

See all 4 meanings of immerse

Forms of emerse

third-person singular presentemerses
present participleemersing
past participleemersed
pastemersed

Questions about emerse

What is emerse the obsolete form of?
Emerse is the obsolete form of immerse.

Words near emerse in the dictionary

  1. emerized
  2. emerizes
  3. emerizing
  4. emerod
  5. emerods
  6. emerse
  7. emersed
  8. emerses
  9. emersing
  10. emersion
  11. emersions

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