Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM-MEM'O-RA-BLE, a. [L. immemorabilis; in and memorabilis. See Memory.]

Not to be remembered; not worth remembering. Johnson.

IM-ME-MO'RI-AL, a. [Fr. from L. in and memor, memoria.]

Beyond memory; an epithet given to time or duration, &c., whose beginning is not remembered, or can not be traced and ascertained; as, when it is said a man has possessed an estate in fee from time immemorial, or time out of mind. Such possession constitutes prescription, or prescriptive right. So we speak of immemorial use, custom or practice. In England, a thing is said to be immemorial, when it commenced before the reign of Edward II.

IM-ME-MO'RI-AL-LY, adv.

Beyond memory. Bentley.

IM-MENSE', a. [immens'; Fr. from L. immensus; in and mensus, metior, to measure.]

1. Unlimited; unbounded; infinite. O goodness infinite! goodness immense! Milton.
2. Vast in extent; very great; as, an immense distance.
3. Huge in bulk; very large; as, the immense body of Jupiter.

IM-MENSE'LY, adv. [immens'ly.]

1. Infinitely; without limits or measure.
2. Vastly; very greatly.

IM-MENSE'NESS, n.

Unbounded extent or greatness.

IM-MENS'I-TY, n.

1. Unlimited extension; an extent not to be measured; infinity. By the power we find in ourselves of repeating, as often as we will, any idea of space, we get the idea of immensity. Locke.
2. Vastness in extent or bulk; greatness.

IM-MEN-SUR-A-BIL'I-TY, n. [from immensurable.]

The quality of not being capable of measure; impossibility to be measured.

IM-MEN'SUR-A-BLE, a. [L. in and mensurabilis, from mensura, measure; mensus, metior.]

Not to be measured; immeasurable. The law of nature – a term of immensurable extent. Ward.

IM-MEN'SUR-ATE, a.

Unmeasured. W. Montagu.

IM-MERGE', v.t. [immerj'; L. immergo; in and mergo, to plunge.]

1. To plunge into or under a fluid. [See Immerse, which is generally used.]
2. v. i. To enter the light of the sun, as a star, or the shadow of the earth, as the moon.

IM-MERG'ED, pp.

Plunged into.

IM-MERG'ING, ppr.

Entering or plunging into.

IM-MER'IT, n.

Want of worth. [Not used.]

IM-MER'IT-ED, a.

Unmerited. [Not used.]

IM-MER'IT-OUS, a.

Undeserving. [Not used.]

IM-MERSE', v.t. [immers'; L. immersus, from immergo; in and mergo, to plunge.]

1. To put under water or other fluid; to plunge; to dip.
2. To sink or cover deep; to cover wholly; as, to be immersed in a wood. Dryden.
3. To plunge; to overwhelm; to involve; to engage deeply; as, to immerse in business or cares. It is impossible for a man to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyment of this. Atterbury.

IM-MERS'ED, pp.

Put into a fluid; plunged; deeply engaged; enveloped in the light of the sun, as a star, or in the shadow of the earth, as the moon.

IM-MERS'ING, ppr.

Plunging into a fluid; dipping; overwhelming; deeply engaging.

IM-MER'SION, n.

1. The act of putting into a fluid below the surface; the act of plunging into a fluid till covered.
2. The state of sinking into a fluid.
3. The state of being overwhelmed or deeply engaged; as, an immersion in the affairs of life. Atterbury.
4. In astronomy, the act of entering into the light of the sun, as a star, so as to be enveloped and invisible to the eye; or the state of being so enveloped. Also, the entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth, at the commencement of an eclipse; or the state of being enveloped in the shadow. It is opposed to emersion. The time when a star or planet is so near the sun as to be invisible; also, the moment when the moon begins to be darkened, and to enter the shadow of the earth. Encyc.

IM-MESH', v.t. [in and mesh.]

To entangle in the meshes of a net, or in a web. Observe whether the fly is completely immeshed. The spider used his efforts to immesh the scorpion. Goldsmith.

IM-MESH'ED, pp.

Entangled in meshes or webs.

IM-MESH'ING, ppr.

Entangling in meshes or webs.

IM-ME-THOD'IC-AL, a. [in and methodical. See Method.]

Having no method; without systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused. Addison.

IM-ME-THOD'IC-AL-LY, adv.

Without order or regularity; irregularly.