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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emerge \E*merge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emerged}; p. pr & vb
n. {Emerging}.] [L. emergere emersum e out + mergere to
dip, plunge. See {Merge}.]
To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which
anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue
and appear; as to emerge from the water or the ocean; the
sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge
from poverty or obscurity. ``Thetis . . . emerging from the
deep.'' --Dryden.
Those who have emerged from very low some from the
lowest, classes of society. --Burke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
emerge
v 1: come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the
proprietor emerged from his office"
2: come out of "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The
words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: {issue}, {come
out}, {come forth}]
3: become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from
the study"
4: come up to the surface of or rise, as from water; also used
metaphorically: "He felt new emotions emerge"
5: happen or occur as a result of something [syn: {come forth}]
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