Meanings
verbdemerse (third-person singular simple present demerses, present participle demersing, simple past and past participle demersed)
present singular third person demerses · participle present demersing · participle past demersed · past demersed
- alsofigurativelyobsoletetransitiveTo immerse, to submerge (something).
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.
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
Origin
- Latindēmersus
- Englishdemerse
From Latin dēmersus, past participle of dēmergere. See merge.
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Rhymes with demerse
universereversenurseworsediverseversepurseconversetraversetransversereimburseperversedisperseimmerseaversecoerceterseobversehearsemultiversedisburseperserecurseburse
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