reimmergev.
/ˌriːᵻˈməːdʒ/, U.S. /ˌriᵻˈmərdʒ/ Now rare.
transitive and intransitive. To immerge again.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > plunge > again
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1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 92 If before the removal of your thumb you reimmerge it again into the vessel'd Quick~silver as before.
1715 J. Ozell tr. J. Racine Litigants Pref. sig. A3 I am pleas'd with my self for having done it, without..re-immerging the Stage into the Turpitude [Fr qui font retomber le Theatre dans la turpitude] from which some Authors, that were more modest, had some time before recover'd it.
1761 London & Environs Described IV. 86 The great increase..re-immerged the survivors into an abyss of horror and despair.
1801 G. Ensor in Monthly Rev. (1802) 38 61 These facts explain why there is such a paucity of authentic records, and by what means civilized nations re-immerge into their primeval barbarity.
1810 W. Manners Boon I. ii. 51 The insult was felt deeply by Lady Teazewell who for some days kept her bed from mortification ; and no sooner did she re-immerge into life, than the significant winks of the beaux of fashion..completely destroyed the equilibrium of her mind.
2002 Jrnl. Mammalogy 83 1008/1 Two females abandoned the 1st hibernaculum for unknown reasons 11 and 39 days after entry into hibernation, then reimmerged 15 and 27 days later.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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