Immerse

Verb

 * 1)  To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
 * Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
 * 1)  To involve deeply
 * The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.

Thesaurus
absorb, absorb the attention, arrest, asperge, asperse, baptize, bury, busy, catch, charm, christen, deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, enchant, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, engulf, enthrall, exercise, fascinate, grab, grip, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hypnotize, immerge, inundate, involve, involve the interest, merge, mesmerize, monopolize, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, overwhelm, plunge, plunge in water, preoccupy, saturate, sink, soak, souse, spellbind, sprinkle, submerge, submerse, take up, whelm

Etymology
From immersus < immergō < in + mergō.

Translations

 * Arabic: يضع تحت سطح الماء أو يتعمق في موضوع\دراسة
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: eintauchen


 * Hindi: (ḍubānā)
 * Russian: погружать/погрузить (pogružát'/pogruzít'), окунать/окунуть (okunát'/okunút')
 * Telugu: ముంచు (munchu)
 * Urdu: (ḍubānā)


 * Finnish: (~ oneself) uppoutua
 * French:
 * German:


 * Russian: погружаться/погрузиться (pogružát's'a/pogruzít's'a), уйти с головой (ujtí s golovój)

Synonyms

 * submerge

Derived terms

 * immersion
 * immersive

Adjective
immerse



Verb
immerse


 * 1) third-person singular past historic of immergere
 * 2) feminine plural past participle of immergere