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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. come out into view, as from concealment;
- Example: "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"

2. come out of;
- Example: "Water issued from the hole in the wall"
- Example: "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
[syn: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]

3. become known or apparent;
- Example: "Some nice results emerged from the study"

4. come up to the surface of or rise;
- Example: "He felt new emotions emerge"

5. happen or occur as a result of something;
[syn: come forth, emerge]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Those who have emerged from very low, some from the
         lowest, classes of society.              --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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,
       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 [syn: come forth,
       emerge]