emerge
UK /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒ/ · US /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒ/ verb
Forms emerges emerging emerged
- verb (intransitive) To come into view.
- verb (intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object, or a liquid. “He emerged unscathed from the accident.”
- verb (intransitive) To become known. “Gradually the truth emerged.”
Synonyms
come forth come to light transpire forthcome heave in sight issue come out go forth egress
Etymology
First attested in the late 16th century. Borrowed from Middle French emerger, from Latin ēmergō (“to rise up or out”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (“out, forth”)) + mergō (“to dip, to sink”)
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
Etymology [L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See Merge.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “emerge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details