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v - To plunge or dip into a liquid.

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  • Verb (used with object), : She is totally immersed in her law practice
  • Lord, lead me to get baptized immersed in water just like you were.
  • Might be the kind of Spanish, you are 'immersed' in.
  • Speaking as someone once 'immersed' in the same place.
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  • It would not be surprising to see a botanist "immersed" (engrossed, absorbed) for hours in the study of the "emersed" (standing out above the water) parts of lily pads.
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