单词 | immerge |
释义 | immergev. Now rare. 1. a. transitive. To dip, plunge, put under the surface of a liquid; to immerse. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > dip or plunge into liquid depec950 bedipc1000 dipc1000 dibc1325 indip1596 demergec1610 immerse1613 ensteepa1616 immerge1617 merge1660 demerse1662 1617 J. Harington tr. H. Ronsovius Preserv. Health xi. 37 in Englishmans Doctor (rev. ed.) The eyes are not only to be washed, but being open plainly, immerg'd. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 109 They pour not water upon the Heads of Infants, but immerge them in the Font. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 107 The deeper you immerge the Tube, the higher still will the Quicksilver in the Tube rise. 1770 T. S. Kuckahn Let. 22 May in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1771) 60 304 A second method of preserving birds is, by immerging them in spirits. 1828 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) II. 271 Immerge it in boiling water. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > by burying or submerging gravel1577 entomb1593 immerge1644 snow1880 1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 34 The right of Fathers..is now emerged or made subordinate. 1765 Meretriciad 11 Nor let thy wit immerge thy reason too. 2. transferred and figurative. To plunge into a state of action or thought, way of living, etc.; = immerse v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition > totally or deeply wrap1380 embrake1542 enfold1579 immerge1611 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] > absorb swallow1513 to swallow up1594 to suck up1602 immerge1611 immerse1790 to breathe in1816 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or busy oneself [verb (reflexive)] > concern or involve oneself > deeply immerge1611 to wave oneself1628 immerse1664 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with > involve in something > deeply plunge?c1400 deepa1542 immerge1611 merge1636 immerse1664 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 504/1 [They] immerge themselues and their abetters into bottomlesse seruitudes and distresses. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 65. ⁋7 We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 49/2 [He] would immerge his country for twenty years in the most calamitous war. 3. a. intransitive (for reflexive). To plunge or dip oneself in a liquid; to sink. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > plunge > plunge in or under water or mud launch13.. sousec1400 douse1603 plounce1654 delve1697 immerge1706 immerse1739 inswamp1775 plout1814 blob1875 1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 40 They have recovered by immerging into Cold Water. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 27 Use the Cold Bath. But when you use this..it is proper To go in cool; to immerge at once. 1781 S. Johnson Swift in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 26 He was now immerging into political controversy. 1841 R. W. Emerson Method of Nature 17 And then immerge again into the holy silence and eternity out of which as a man he arose. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > [verb (intransitive)] > eclipse eclipse1393 dark1485 clipc1500 immerge1704 1704 J. Hodgson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1638 At London she [sc. the moon] immerg'd at 38 minutes past 5. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor i. 4 The lower half of the orb soon after immerged in the horizon. 1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 168 When the satellite immerges into, or emerges out of Jupiter's shadow. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (intransitive)] > of title: become absorbed merge1726 immerge1750 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 868 Most of the great nobility had been destroyed..the bulk of their estates immerging into the crown. 1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 552 Her son..to whom the title of Lennox upon its immerging in the crown, had been granted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1611 |
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