Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Immerse /ĭmˌ-ẽrs'/ · Im·merse · IPA /ɪˈmɝs/ a. v. t. 01 a. Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. 1. Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.[Obs.] 02 v. t. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. 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. 2. To baptize by immersion. 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.