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Webster 1913 Edition
Emerge
E-merge′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Emerged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Emerging
.] To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear;
“Thetis . . . emerging from the deep.” 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. Dryden.
Those who have
emerged
from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Emerge
EMERGE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To rise out of a fluid or other covering or surrounding substance; as, to emerge from the water or from the ocean.That is--emerging from the deep.
We say, a planet emerges from the sun's light; a star emerging from chaos. It is opposed to immerge.
2.
To issue; to proceed from.3.
To reappear, after being eclipsed; to leave the sphere of the obscuring object.The sun is said to emerge, when the moon ceases to obscure its light; the satellites of Jupiter emerge, when they appear beyond the limb of the planet.
4.
To rise out of a state of depression or obscurity; to rise into view; as, to emerge from poverty or obscurity; to emerge from the gloom of despondency.Definition 2024
emerge
emerge
English
Verb
emerge (third-person singular simple present emerges, present participle emerging, simple past and past participle emerged)
- (intransitive) To come into view.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess:
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
- Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
- 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:
- With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
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- (intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
- He emerged unscathed from the accident.
- The Soviet Union emerged from the ruins of an empire.
- The submarine emerged from the ocean.
- 2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172:
- Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
- (intransitive) To become known.
- Gradually the truth emerged.
- 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
- The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
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Translations
to come into view
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to come out of
to become known
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Portuguese
Verb
emerge