reimmersev.
/riːᵻˈməːs/, U.S. /ˌriᵻˈmərs/ transitive. To immerse again. Also figurative.
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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)] > dip or plunge into liquid > again
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1729 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 624 Then the Point C being got to H is re-immersed.
1806 Philos. Mag. 25 9 It is washed, dried, re-immersed in this oily emulsion.., and again suspended in the air.
c1865 G. Gore in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 222/1 Reimmerse it repeatedly.
1905 Speaker 1 Apr. 18/1 It is to the desert that yearly pilgrimages bring hosts of the faithful..to re-immerse themselves in the original enthusiasm.
1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) xvi. 339 If the cathodes in a nickel bath are periodically lifted out, exposed to the air for a short time and then re-immersed, the deposit is of increased ductility, tensile strength and hardness.
1969 Biochim. et Biophysica Acta 173 150 After reimmersing the muscle in Na+ Ringer plus strophanthidin, ethacrynic acid was added.
1998 A. Quinton Hume 34 He observes that as soon as we reimmerse ourselves in everyday life, the injuries inflicted by reason on itself fade away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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