Immersing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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