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immerse
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immerse as in:  immersed in her book

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The artist immersed herself in her work, losing track of time as she experimented with new techniques.
immersed = completely involved
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    She immersed herself in her studies.
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    She is immersed in a good book.
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    How do I immerse myself in the desert?  (source)
    immerse = get completely involved
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    The one in his hand he immersed himself in, chewing and gulping, forcing it down the dry corridor of his throat.  (source)
    immersed = completely involved
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    Then I paused and spent a moment staring at my immersion rig.  (source)
    immersion = for complete involvement
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.
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    He would go back to work, immerse himself in squirming life-forms.†  (source)
    immerse = get very interested or completely involved
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    A little voice in my head reminded me that I might never see anything quite like this again, and that immersing myself in my current situation, experiencing it, and learning everything there was to know might be the way to live life, now and always.†  (source)
    immersing = getting very interested or completely involved
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    Instead, she immerses herself in getting August's costume ready, since we all know Halloween is his favorite time of year.  (source)
    immerses = became completely involved
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    ...Phineas in exaltation, balancing on one foot on the prow of a canoe like a river god, his raised arms invoking the air to support him, face transfigured, body a complex set of balances and compensations, each muscle aligned in perfection with all the others to maintain this supreme fantasy of achievement, his skin glowing from immersions, his whole body hanging between river and sky as though...  (source)
    immersions = deep involvement
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    In Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop, they met Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, who were stocking up on Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks, and in a tiny junk shop full of broken wands, lopsided brass scales, and old cloaks covered in potion stains they found Percy, deeply immersed in a small and deeply boring book called Prefects Who Gained Power.  (source)
    immersed = completely involved
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    They say it takes complete immersion in a culture to learn its language and its ways.  (source)
    immersion = complete involvement
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    Because they had determined that to exile a man from Russia as God had exiled Adam from Eden was insufficient as a punishment; for in another country, a man might immerse himself in his labors, build a house, raise a family.†  (source)
    immerse = get very interested or completely involved
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    But by immersing themselves in their favorite reading topics, they felt far away from their predicament, as if they had escaped.†  (source)
    immersing = getting very interested or completely involved
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immerse as in:  immersed in a tub of water

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To make hard-boiled eggs, immerse them in about three inches of cool water, apply medium heat until the water boils, then cool the eggs with tap water.
immerse = put into a liquid so completely covered
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    It was a slow leak, but we could see bubbles coming out of the tire when we immersed it in a tank of water.
    immersed = put (into a liquid)
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    Grant plunged into the water after her, was again immersed in the churning torrent.  (source)
    immersed = submerged (under the water)
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    Ralph paddled backwards down the slope, immersed his mouth and blew a jet of water into the air.  (source)
    immersed = submerged (dipped)
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    …if any of the eggs remained unfertilized, it was again immersed, and, if necessary, yet again;  (source)
    immersed = submerged (dipped)
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    …this receptacle was immersed in a warm bouillon containing free-swimming spermatozoa–at a minimum concentration of one hundred thousand per cubic centimetre, he insisted;  (source)
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