immerited 
immeritedt (i-mer'i-ted), a. [< in-3 + merited.'] 
Unmerited. 
Those on whom I have in the plenteousest manner 
showered my bounty and immerited favour have darted 
on me. King Charles, In the Princely Pelican, p. 279. 
immeritoust (i-mer'i-tus), a. [= F. immerit 
Sp. inmerito = Pg. It. immerito, < L. immeritus, 
inmeritus, undeserving, < in- priv. + meritus, 
deserving: see merit, v.~\ Undeserving. 
And gives sentence that his confuting hath bin em- 
ployed about frothy, immeritous, and undeserving dis- 
course. Milton, Colasterion. 
immersable, immersible (i-mer'sa-bl, -si-bl), 
a. [< immerse + -able, -Me.] Capable of being 
immersed. Coles, 1717. 
immerse (i-mers')> v. t.; pret. and pp. immersed, 
ppr. immersing. [< L. immersus, inmersus, pp. 
of immergere, inmergere, dip or plunge into : see 
immerge."] 1. To plunge into anything, espe- 
cially a fluid; sink; dip. 
More than a mile immersed within the wood. 
Dryden, Theodore and Honoria, 1. 89. 
These the Moldaw's raging flood 
Swept with their wattled cotes, as o'er its banks 
It rose redundant, swol'n with beating rains, 
And deep immers'd beneath its whirling wave. 
Warton, Eclogues, i. 
He, . . . immers'd 
Deep in the flood, found, when he sought it not, 
The death he had deserv'd. Cowper, Task, vi. 564. 
2. Specifically, to baptize by immersion. 3. 
Figuratively, to plunge into, as a state, occu- 
pation, interest, etc.; involve deeply: as, toiwz- 
merse one's self in business. 
When I see a person wholly immersed in affairs of the 
World, or spending his time in luxury and vanity, can I 
possibly think that man hath any esteem of God or of his 
ow-n Soul ? StUlingfleet, Sermons, I. v. 
He who is immersed in what concerns person or place 
cannot see the problem of existence. Emerson, Intellect. 
The Queen, immersed in such a trance, . . . 
Came to that point where first she saw the King 
Ride toward her from the city. 
Tennyson, Guinevere. 
immerset (i-mers'), a. [= Pg. It. immerso, < 
L. immersus, pp.: see the verb.] Immersed; 
buried ; covered ; deeply sunk. 
And besides, I practise as I do advise : which is, after 
long inquiry of things immerse in matter, to interpose 
some subject which is immateriate, or less materiate. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist, 115. 
immersed (i-mersf), jp. a. 1. Deeply plunged 
into a fluid, or, figuratively, into some state, oc- 
cupation, etc. 2. In hot. : (a) Growing wholly 
under water, as aquatic plants. (6) Originat- 
ing beneath the surface of the matrix, or be- 
neath the soil. In mosses the capsule is said to be im- 
mersed when covered over and concealed by the leaves of 
the perichsetium. The fructification of lichens is immersed 
when sunk or plunged into the thrill us. 
3. In entom., said of a part which is somewhat 
or wholly sunken in another part, as the head 
when it is covered by the prothorax Immersed 
eyes, eyes which are not raised above the surface of the 
surrounding integument, appearing partly covered by it, 
as in certain beetles, etc. 
immersible, a. See immersable. 
immersion (i-mer'shon), . [= F. immersion 
= Sp. inmersion = Pg. immersSo = It. immer- 
sione, < LL. immersio(n-), inmersio(n-), < L. im- 
mergere, inmergere, pp. immersus, inmersus, dip 
or plunge into : see immerse, immerge.'] 1. The 
act of immersing, or the state of being im- 
mersed ; a sinking or dipping into a fluid. 
The Monitor, with only twelve feet immersion, could 
take any position. The Century, XXIX. 744. 
Specifically 2. A mode of administering bap- 
tism by dipping or plunging the whole person 
into water. 
In baptism we are sunk under water, and then raised 
above the water again : which was the manner of baptis- 
ing in the Christian church, by immersion, and not by as- 
persion, till of late times. Donne, Sermons, xxix. 
3. Figuratively, the act of overwhelming, or the 
state of being deeply engaged ; absorption : as, 
immersion in scientific studies. 
Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life. Atterbury. 
4. In astron., the disappearance of a celestial 
body by passing either behind another or into 
its shadow: opposed to emersion. Theocculta- 
tion of a star is immersion of the first kind ; the eclipse 
of a satellite, immersion of the second kind. Also called 
incidence. 
5. In microscopy, the placing of a drop of liquid, 
such as water, between the object-glass and the 
object. The rays of light thus pass into the objective 
from a denser medium than the air which is otherwise 
present, and there is consequently less loss of light at the 
two reflecting surfaces; such an objective (immersion- 
objective or immersion-lens) has the advantage of greater 
working distance than a "dry objective." If instead of 
water a liquid having the same refractive and dispersive 
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powers as the glass is employed, the method is called ho- 
mogeneous immersion. 
6. In ceram., the application of the glaze to a 
piece of pottery by plunging it into a vessel 
filled with the glaze in a liquid state im- 
mersion gliding. See gilding. 
immersionist (i-mer'shon-ist), n. [< immer- 
sion + -int.'] One who holds that immersion is 
essential to Christian baptism. See Baptist, 2. 
Immersores (im-er-so'rez), n. pi. [NL., pi. 
of immersor, dipper, < L. immersus, pp. of im- 
mergere : see immerse.'] In Macgillivray's sys- 
tem, an artificial order of birds which dive, as 
the water-ouzels and kingfishers. [Not in use.] 
iminesh (im-mesh'), v. t. [< i- 2 + mesh. Cf. 
enmesh,] To involve in or as in the meshes of a 
net; entangle; enmesh. Also inmesh. 
I thus became immeshedin the web he had spun for my 
reception. Dickens, David Copperneld, lii. 
immethodedt (i-meth'od-ed), a. [< i- 3 + 
method + -etJ 2 .] Unmethodical. 
immitigable 
The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. 
T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, I. 101. 
A great tide of immigration sets continually to Amer- 
ica. Theodore Parker, Sermons, Int. 
Commissioners of Immigration, in the United States, 
officers appointed to supervise the entrance and trans- 
portation of immigrants, and to care for their interests 
generally. 
imminence (im'i-nens), . [= F. imminence = 
Sp.inmineiicia =Pg. imminencia=U. imminenza, 
< L. imminentia, inminentia, < imminen(t-)s, in- 
minen(t-)s, ppr. of imminere, inminere, project 
over: see imminent.'] 1. The quality or condi- 
tion of being imminent. 
Their sudden thoughts, immethoded discourses, and slov- 
enly sermocinations. Waterhouse, Apology, p. 157. 
unmethodical (im-e-thod'i-kal), a. [< in- 3 + 
methodical.'} Not methodical; without system- 
atic arrangement; disorderly; irregular; con- 
fused. 
In grammar, rhetoric, logic, my education was imper- 
fect because immethodical. 
J. Adams, Letters to his Wife, cxlvii. 
unmethodically (im-e-thod'i-kal-i), adv. In an 
immethodical manner; without order or regu- 
larity; irregularly. 
immethodicalness (im-e-thod'i-kal-nes), n. 
The condition or quality of being immethodical ; 
want of method; confusion. 
immethodize (i-meth'od-Iz), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. immethodized, ppr. immethodizing . [< in- 3 
+ method + -ize.~\ To render immethodical. 
[Bare.] 
immetrical (i-met'ri-kal), a. [< in- 3 + metri- 
cal.'] Not metrical ; unmetrical. 
French and Italian most immetricall, 
Their many syllables, in harsh collision, 
Fall as they brake their necks. 
Chapman, Iliad, To the Reader, 1. 154. 
Lamb allowed the meaningless and immelrical word 
"destiny" to stand at the end of this line, in place of the 
obviously right reading ["disdain"]. 
Swinburne, in Nineteenth Century, XXI. 83. 
immeuble (i-me'bl), n. [F. : see immobile.'] 
In French law, an immovable ; real property. 
Immeubles flctifs, quasi-immovable property ; mixed 
property. 
immewt, v. t. See cmmew. 
immigrant (im'i-grant), a. and . [= F. im- 
migrant = Sp. inmigrante = Pg. immigrante, < 
L. immigran(t-)s, ppr. of immigrare, remove 
into: see immigrate.] I. a. Immigrating: hav- 
ing immigrated. 
Our first colonial period . . . transmits to us a body of 
writings produced by immigrant Americans. 
M. C. Tyler, Hist. Amer. Lit., II. 7. 
As to the origin of these immigrant cells, it may be re- 
garded as certain that they have passed inwards from the 
epithelium. E. A. Sehafer, Proc. Roy. Soc., XXXVIII. 90. 
II. n. One who or that which immigrates, as 
a person, an animal, or a plant; specifically, a 
person who migrates into a country for the 
purpose of permanent residence : correlative to 
emigrant, as strictly used. 
It is to the age of Burke, and of his fellow liberalists 
who came just after him, that we are beholden for the 
word immigrant. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 283. 
It has become more and more the habit of the richer 
class in Ireland to go to England for its enjoyment, and 
to feel itself socially rather English than Irish. Thus the 
chasm between the immigrants and the aborigines has 
grown deeper. J. Bryce, Kew Princeton Rev., III. 64. 
immigrate (im'i-grat), v. i.; pret. and pp. im- 
migrated, ppr. immigrating. [< L. immigrates, 
pp. of immigrare, inmigrare (> Sp. inmigrar = 
F. immigrer), remove into, < in, in, + migrare, 
remove: see migrate. Cf. emigrate."] To pass 
or come into, as a new habitat or place of resi- 
dence; especially, to remove into a country of 
which one is not a native for the purpose of 
permanent residence ; migrate or be conveyed 
into and settle in another country or region. 
The carrying of fatty particles into the lacteals after a 
meal containing fat by the immigrating leucocytes. 
E. A. Schiifer, Proc. Roy. Soc., XXXVIII. 89. 
= Syn. Emigrate, etc. See migrate. 
immigration (im-i-gra/shon), . [= F. immi- 
gration = Sp. inmigraeion = Pg. immigrayfto, < 
Li. as if *immigratio(n-), < immigrare, inmigrare, 
pp. immigratus, inmigratus, remove into: see 
immigrate.'] The act of immigrating; the act 
or process of passing or removing into a coun- 
try for the purpose of permanent residence. 
The imminence of any danger or distress. 
Fuller. 
2. That which is imminent; impending evil or 
danger. 
Dare all imminence that gods and men 
Address their dangers in. Shak., T. and C., v. 11. 
The morbid imminences of this age [puberty] are few ; 
disorders of the nervous system, chorea and epilepsy, may 
arise : aneemia and rheumatism are common enough. 
Quain, Med. Diet., p. 1151. 
imminent (im'i-nent), a. [= F. imminent 
Sp. inminente = Pg. It. imminente, < L. immi- 
nen(t-)s, inminen(t-)s, ppr. of imminere, inmi- 
nere, project over or toward, overhang, < in, on, 
+ minere, project. Cf. eminent, prominent."] 1. 
Overhanging; fixed pendently or so as to over- 
look; projecting from above. [Archaic.] 
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters. 
Hilton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 
The gloom of high-lying, old stone cities, imminent on 
the windy seaboard. R. L. Stevenson, Foreigner at Home. 
Hence 2. Threatening or about to fall or to 
occur; impending threateningly; hanging over 
one's head. 
Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach. 
Shak., Othello, i. S. 
Void of all fear, they run into imminent dangers. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 40. 
Commingled with the gloom of imminent war, 
The shadow of His loss drew like eclipse. 
Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Ded. 
imminently (im'i-nent-li), adv. In an immi- 
nent manner ; threateningly. 
immingle (im-ming'gl), v. t. ; pret. and pp. m- 
mingled, ppr. immingling. [< in- 1 + mingle.'} 
To mingle ; mix or unite together. [Bare.] 
In graceful dance immingled, o'er the land, 
Pan, Pales, Flora, and Pomona play'd. 
Thomson, Castle of Indolence, it 
imminutiont (im-i-nu'shon), n. [< L. imminu- 
tio(n-), inminutio(n-), a lessening, < imminuere, 
inminuere, pp. immimttus, inminutus, lessen, < 
in, in, on, + minuere, lessen: see minish."] A 
lessening; diminution; decrease. Sp. Cosin; 
Ray. 
And where is the absurdity of Dr. Spencer's gradual de- 
clension or imminution of the theocracy, which Mr. W.'s 
gradual withdrawing of the extraordinary providence is 
not liable unto? Warburton, Divine Legation, v. 2. 
immiscibility (i-mis-i-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. im- 
miscibilite = Sp. inmiscibilidad ; as immiscible 
+ -ity: see -bility."] The character of being 
immiscible ; incapability of being mixed. 
immiscible (i-mis'i-bl), a. [= F. immiscible = 
Sp. inmiscible = Pg. immiscivel, < ML. *immisci- 
bilis, unmixable, < L. in- priv. + ML. miscibilis, 
mixable : see miscible.] Not miscible ; incapa- 
ble of being or becoming mixed, as oil and wa- 
ter. 
It is incredible . . . that this ... is the result of such 
a chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles. 
Cudworth, Intellectual System. 
inimission (i-mish'on), . [= F. immission = 
Sp. inmision, < L. immissio(n-), inmissio(n-), a 
letting in, < immittere, inmittere, pp. immissus, 
inmissiis, let in: see immit.] 1. The act of im- 
mitting or sending in; injection: correlative 
to emission. 
It is ordinarily impossible never to wander with a 
thought or to be interrupted with a sudden immission 
into his spirit in the midst of prayers. 
Jer. Taylor, Great Exemplar, ii. 12. 
2. That which is immitted or sent in. 
Faith ... is presented to be an infused grace, an /m- 
misiion from God. Jer. Taylor, Great Exemplar, Pref. 
immit (im-mit') v. t. ; pret. and pp. immitted. 
ppr. immitting. [= It. immittere, < L. immittere, 
inmittere, send or let in, < in, in, 4- mittere, send. 
Cf. admit, curt, etc.] To send in; inject: cor- 
relative to emit. 
Having stopped it [a receiver] close with a screw, I filled 
it further with air, which I immitted. 
Boyle, Works, IV. 533. 
immitigable (i-mit'i-ga-bl), a. [< in- s + mifi- 
yable.] Not mitigable; incapable of being 
mitigated or appeased. 
These immitigable, these iron-hearted men. Harris. 
