emerge Definition

emerge
verb, intr emerged, emerging

1. To come out from hiding or into view.
2. To become known or apparent.

Thesaurus: develop, appear, surface, materialize, rise, transpire, crop up, issue, emanate, proceed; Antonym: disappear, fade.
3. To survive a difficult or dangerous situation.

Derivative: emergence
noun

Emerging; first appearance.
Thesaurus: appearance, rise, evolution, development, arrival, materialization, coming, visibility, apparition; Antonym: decline, disappearance.

Derivative: emergent
adj

Emerging; developing.
Thesaurus: budding, developing, emerging, emanating, rising, coming; Antonym: declining, disappearing.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin emergere to rise up from, from e out of + mergere to plunge.