I. Taylor.

Im*men"sive (?), a. Huge. [Obs.] Herrick.

Im*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being immensurable.

Im*men"su*ra*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + L. mensurabilis measurable:

cf. F. immensurable. Cf. Immeasurable.] Immeasurable.

What an immensurable space is the firmament.

Derham.

Im*men"su*rate (?), a. [Pref. im- not + mensurate.] Unmeasured;

unlimited. [R.] W. Montagu.

Im*merge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immerged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Immerging (?).] [L. immergere; pref. im- in + mergere to dip, plunge:

cf. F. immerger. See Merge, and cf. Immerse.] To plungel into, under,

or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.

We took . . . lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of the

leaves of senna.

Boyle.

Their souls are immerged in matter.

Jer. Taylor.

Im*merge" (?), v. i. To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a

star into the light of the sun. [R.]

Im*mer"it (?), n. Want of worth; demerit. [R.] Suckling.

Im*mer"it*ed, a. Unmerited. [Obs.] Charles I.

Im*mer"it*ous (?), a. [L. immeritus; pref. im- not + meritus, p. p. of

merere, mereri, to deserve.] Undeserving. [Obs.] Milton.

Im*mers"a*ble (?), a. See Immersible.

Im*merse" (?), a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.]

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter." Bacon.

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.

Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave.

J Warton.

More than a mile immersed within the wood.

Dryden.

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