Immerse ( page 212 ).
Questions.
1. From what language is dip derived? from what immerse? 2. How do the two words differ in dignity? How as to the completeness of the action? How as to the continuance of the object in or under the liquid? 3. Which word is preferably used as to the rite of baptism? 4. What does submerge imply? 5. What are douse and duck? 6. What special sense has dip which the other words do not share?
Examples.
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past —— its dead.
The ships of war, Congress and Cumberland, were —— by the Merrimac.
When food can not be swallowed, life may be prolonged by —— the body in nutritive fluids.