Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-MER'SION
DE-MER'SION, n. [L. demersio, from demergo, to plunge or drown.]
- A plunging into a fluid; a drowning. – Trans. of Pausanias.
- The state of being overwhelmed in water or earth. – Ray.
- The putting of a medicine in a dissolving liquor. – Dict.
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