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▪ I. † immersible, a.1 Obs. rare.|ɪˈmɜːsɪb(ə)l|
[f. L. type *immersibil-is, f. im- (im-2) + *mersibilis, f. merg-ĕre, mers- to dip, immerse: see -ible. Cf. immersable.]
That cannot sink in water; ‘that cannot be drowned’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656).
1693I. Mather Cases Consc. (1862) 274 If Witches are immersible, how came they to die by drowning in Bohemia?
Hence † immersiˈbility, incapability of sinking.
1693I. Mather Cases Consc. (1862) 274 This pretended Gift of Immersibility attending Witches.
▪ II. iˈmmersible, a.2 rare.
[f. immerse v. + -ible.]
Capable of being immersed.
1846in Worcester; whence in later Dicts. (some of which erroneously cite Blount and Coles). |