† iˈmmersive, a. Obs.
[f. L. immers-, ppl. stem of immergĕre (see immerge) + -ive.]
Characterized by or involving immersion.
| 1635 Swan Spec. M. 143 (L.) The sun's immersive heat doth so boil the water in the cloud,..it looketh red when it falleth. 1694 Salmon Bates' Disp. (1713) 448/2 You are to take pure Sol; it is made pure by an immersive Calcination. |