immerse

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō.

verb

1. (transitive) To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
   ... the two plates of platinum immersed in oxygen and hydrogen gases 1883, The Electrical Journal, page 501
   Even after the process of germination has taken place, if the young plant be immersed in an atmosphere of either of those gases [hydrogen and nitrogen], vegetation and life will immediately cease. 1841, William Rhind, A history of the vegetable kingdom, page 110
   The buoyant force of the atmospheric air on solids and liquids immersed in it is for most purposes negligible compared to the weight of solid or liquid, ... 1955, George Shortley, Dudley Williams, Elements of Physics for Students of Science and Engineering
   Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
2. (transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
   The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
3. (transitive, mathematics) 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

adj

1. (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.