Main Entry: emerge

Pronunciation: \i-ˈmərj\

Function: intransitive verb

Inflected Form(s): 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