emerge

Verb
Synonyms: issuecome outcome forthgo forthegress

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

  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”Synonyms: issuecome outcome forthgo forthegress
  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 somethingSynonyms: come forth
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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