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English Dictionary: emerge by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
  3. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"
  4. come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge"
  5. happen or occur as a result of something
    Synonym(s): come forth, emerge
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. [bd]Thetis . . . emerging from the
      deep.[b8] --Dryden.
  
               Those who have emerged from very low, some from the
               lowest, classes of society.                     --Burke.
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