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

Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.

Capable of being immersed.

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.

Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] -- Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]

Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. Sir J. Stephen. Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which ar…

The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

In an impersonal manner.

To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.

One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.

Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.

Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.

Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. -- Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness, n.

Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable. Dr. H. More. -- Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty, n.

Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved. [Obs.]

Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.

Not dispersed. [R.]