demerse

English

Etymology

Latin demersus, past participle of demergere. See merge.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪˈmɜː(ɹ)s/

Verb

demerse (third-person singular simple present demerses, present participle demersing, simple past and past participle demersed)

  1. (obsolete) To immerse.
    • a. 1691, Robert Boyle, The Second Continuation of Physico-Mechanical Experiments
      The Peach , which hitherto was demersed , now mounted up to the upper part of the Liquor in the second Receiver

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for demerse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

demerse

  1. third-person singular past historic of demergere

Participle

demerse f pl

  1. feminine plural of demerso

Latin

Participle

dēmerse

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēmersus
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