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Verb: emerge  i'murj
  1. Come out into view, as from concealment
    "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"
     
  2. Come out of
    "Water emerged from the hole in the wall";
    - issue, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
     
  3. Become known or apparent
    "Some nice results emerged from the study"
     
  4. Come up to the surface of or rise
    "He felt new emotions emerge"
     
  5. Happen or occur as a result of something
    - come forth

Sounds like: immerge

Derived forms: emerged, emerging, emerges

Type of: appear, arise, come up, develop, grow, originate, rise, rise up, spring up, surface, uprise

Encyclopedia: Emerge