v.
Pronunciation: i- ' m ə rj
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form: emerged ; emerg · ing
Etymology: Latin emergere, from e- + mergere to plunge ― more at MERGE
Date: 1563
1 : to become manifest : become known <new problems emerged >
2 : to rise from or as if from an enveloping fluid : come out into view <a diver emerging from the water>
3 : to rise from an obscure or inferior position or condition <someone must emerge as a leader>
4 : to come into being through evolution