Defn: An emerald. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMERGE
E*merge", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Emerging.]
Etym: [L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See
Merge.]
Defn: 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.
EMERGENCE
E*mer"gence, n.; pl. Emergences (.
Defn: The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance. The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors. Sir I. Newton. When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. H. Brooke.
EMERGENCY
E*mer"gen*cy, n.; pl. Emergencies. Etym: [See Emergence.]
1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency. Glanvill.
2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose. Swift. A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies. Brougham.
Syn.
— Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.
EMERGENT
E*mer"gent, a. Etym: [L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.]