Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Emerge \E*merge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emerged}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Emerging}.] [L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to
   dip, plunge. See {Merge}.]
   To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which
   anything 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 or obscurity. ``Thetis . . . emerging from the
   deep.'' --Dryden.

         Those who have emerged from very low, some from the
         lowest, classes of society.              --Burke.

Source : WordNet®

emerge
     v 1: come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the
          proprietor emerged from his office"
     2: come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The
        words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: {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 [syn: {come forth}]