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Amerce vs Immerse - What's the difference?

amerce | immerse |

In lang=en terms the difference between amerce and immerse

is that amerce is to punish; to make an exaction while immerse is to involve deeply.

As verbs the difference between amerce and immerse

is that amerce is to impose a fine on; to fine while immerse is to put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.

As an adjective immerse is

(obsolete) immersed; buried; sunk.

amerce

English

Alternative forms

* amercy

Verb

(amerc)
  • To impose a fine on; to fine.
  • * 1597 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act III, Scene I:
    • But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine
    That you shall all repent the loss of mine:
  • * 1803 , David Hume, The History of England , Volume 9, J. Wallis (1803), page 10:
    • The person, in whose house the conventicle met, was amerced a like sum.
  • * 2002 , Christopher Dyer, Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520 , Yale University Press (2002), ISBN 0300090609, page 180:
    • Lords responded to these offences by amercing (fining) them in the manor court, the revenues of which could provide a twentieth, or even a higher proportion of estate income.
  • To punish; to make an exaction.
  • * 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost , Book I, ll. 607-10:
    • The fellows of his crime, the followers rather
    (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemn'd
    For ever now to have their lot in pain,
    Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't
  • * 1821 , Byron, Cain , Act III, Scene I:
    • Thou know'st thou art naked! Must the time
    Come thou shalt be amerced for sins unknown,

    Derived terms

    * amercement

    Related terms

    * mercy

    Anagrams

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    immerse

    English

    Verb

    (immers)
  • To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
    • Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
  • To involve deeply
    • The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
  • (mathematics)
  • * 2002 , Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
    • Thus, in mathematical terms a Klein bottle cannot be "embedded" but only "immersed " in three dimensions as an embedding has no self-intersections but an immersion may have them.

    Synonyms

    * submerge

    Derived terms

    * immersion * immersive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.
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