From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Immerse \Im*merse"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Immersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Immersing}.]
1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. --J Warton.
More than a mile immersed within the wood. --Dryden.
3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.
The queen immersed in such a trance. --Tennyson.
It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. --Atterbury.
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