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emerge

Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒ/

The English word “emerge” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To come into view.
  2. To come out of a situation, object, or a liquid.
  3. To become known.

Etymology

First attested in the late 16th century. Borrowed from Middle French emerger, from Latin ēmergō (“to rise up or out”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (“out, forth”)) + mergō (“to dip, to sink”)

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