IMMERSE (2)

Im‐merse″, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing.] 1. 1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. J Warton. More than a mile immersed within the wood. Dryden. 2. 2. To baptize by immersion.
3. 3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.
The queen immersed in such a trance. Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. Atterbury.