emerge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   come out into view, as from concealment

   Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from the office.

2. 2
   verb

   become known or apparent

   Some nice results emerged from the study

3. 3
   verb

   come up to the surface of or rise

   I felt new emotions emerge.

4. 4
   verb

   To come into view.

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   To come out of a situation, object, or a liquid.

   He emerged unscathed from the accident.

6. 6
   verb

   To become known.

   Gradually the truth emerged.

7. 7
   verb

   come out of

8. 8
   verb

   happen or occur as a result of something

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”)