immerse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb thrust or throw into
  2. verb devote (oneself) fully to
  3. verb enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō.

In classic literature

Synonyms

plunge

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