demerse

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin dēmersus, past participle of dēmergere. See merge.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To immerse (something).
    • 1682, Robert Boyle, “A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and Their Effects. The Second Part. []”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. [], volume IV, London: [] A[ndrew] Millar, [], published 1744, →OCLC, page 151, column 2:
      The peach, vvhich hitherto vvas demerſed, now mounted up to the upper part of the liquor in the ſecond receiver; all the reſt ſtaid in the bottom.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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demerse

  1. third-person singular past historic of demergere

Etymology 2

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Participle

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demerse f pl

  1. feminine plural of demerso

Latin

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Participle

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dēmerse

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēmersus