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emerge |
2 definitions found 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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