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Meaning of EMERGE

Pronunciation:  i'murj

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"
  2. [v]  become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"
  3. [v]  come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
  4. [v]  come up to the surface of or rise, as from water; also used metaphorically; "He felt new emotions emerge"
  5. [v]  happen or occur as a result of something
 
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 Synonyms: come forth, come forth, come out, egress, go forth, issue
 
 See Also: all out, appear, arise, break, burst, come up, debouch, develop, escape, fall, grow, leak, originate, pop out, radiate, rise, rise, rise up, shell, spring up, surface, uprise

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: To rise out of a fluid or other covering.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
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