emerge English · revision 15237

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1563–87|origins=la mergō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒ/ ''(UK)''; /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|émerger]] and directly [[la|ēmergō|t=to rise out or up, come forth]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|la|ē-|t=out]] (a form of [[m|la|ex]]) and [[m|la|mergō|t=to dip, sink]] (see [[merge]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of a fact or principle, to come out as the result of an inquiry: 1563–87, in an edition of John Foxe's ''Book of Martyrs'', in Barnhart and the OED;^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) the 1560s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) The New Oxford gives the sense to come to light.^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The underlying idea is rising from a liquid by buoyancy.^(Etymonline) To come up out of a liquid is from 1640,^(OED 1989) and to rise by buoyancy from 1667.^(OED 1989) To rise into notice or out of obscurity is from 1664,^(OED 1989) and to come forth into view from an enclosed space from 1700.^(OED 1989) Of a ray of light leaving a lens or prism it is from 1704, in Newton's ''Opticks''.^(OED 1989) The nouns emergence and emergency are from the 17th century.^(Hoad 1986)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1563–87 – to come to light.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1640 – to come up out of a liquid.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1664 – to rise from obscurity.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1700 – to come into view.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come out into view, as from hiding or [[obscurity]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To rise to the surface of water or another liquid.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To become known or [[evident]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To come into existence; to develop.^(AHD)

+ # To come through a difficult experience: ''he emerged with dignity''.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[unemerged]]

+ * [[reemerge]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emergence]]

+ * [[emergency]]

+ * [[emergent]]

+ * [[merge]]

+ * [[immerse]]

+ * [[submerge]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}