Immerse

a.	1.	Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
v. t.	1.	To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. [imp. & p. p. Immersed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing.] Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. - J Warton. More than a mile immersed within the wood. - Dryden.
	2.	To baptize by immersion.
	3.	To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. The queen immersed in such a trance. - Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. - Atterbury.

Verb	1.	immerse - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" Synonyms: plunge
	2.	immerse - engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies" Synonyms: engross, engulf, steep, soak up, absorb, plunge
	3.	immerse - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" Synonyms: swallow up, eat up, swallow, bury
	4.	immerse - cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" Synonyms: plunge

absorb the attention, arrest, asperge, asperse, baptize, bury, busy, catch, charm, christen, deluge, douse, drown, duck, enchant, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, engulf, enthrall, exercise, fascinate, grab, grip, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hypnotize, immerge, inundate, involve, involve the interest, merge, mesmerize, monopolize, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, overwhelm, plunge in water, preoccupy, saturate, soak, souse, spellbind, sprinkle, submerse, take up, whelm