immerge

verb

1. (transitive)To plunge (something) into, under, or within anything, especially a fluid; to immerse, to dip.

   “[T]heir heads [i.e., of people who drink excessively] are gross, their souls are immerged in matter, and drowned in the moistures of an unwholesome cloud; […]”

   “VVe took about a Glaſs-full of luke-vvarm VVater, and in it immerg'd a quantity of the Leaves of Senna, and preſently upon the Immerſion there did not appear any Redneſs in the VVater, […]”

   ““Oh, dear no, not me; I never bath, ’tis the cat has been bathing, in a warm sea bath; I’ll tell you how I manage: I bought a large pickle-jar, and so I have it filled every morning with hot sea water, proportionate to the thermometerical heat my finger can bear, and that I stile Tink-a-tink’s bath; in which I immerge him all but his head, for a quarter of an hour; and he looks so pretty, and receives so much benefit, you would be surprised.””

2. (intransitive)To disappear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun.
3. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of emerge.