E-mĕrge', v. i.

(14), v. i. [imp. & p. p. EMERGED; p. pr. & vb. n. EMERGING.] [Lat. emergere, from e, out, and mergere, to dip, plunge; Pr. émerger, It. emergere.] To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which any thing has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty, obscurity, or depression. “Thetis . . . emerging from the deep.” Dryden. “Those who have emerged from very low classes of society.” Burke.