† immersiveadj.
Obsolete.
Characterized by or involving immersion.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of immersing or dipping > [adjective] > characterized by or involving
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > causing to plunge or sink in liquid > characterized by or involved in
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1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 149 The Sunnes immensive heat doth so boyl the water in the cloud.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 574/2 You are to take pure Sol; it is made pure by an immersive Calcination.
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