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emerge

/ɪˈməːdʒ/
verb
[no object]
1 Move out of or away from something and become visible.
1.1 (of an insect or other invertebrate) break out from an egg, cocoon, or pupal case.
2 Become apparent or prominent.
2.1 (of facts) become known.
3 Recover from or survive a difficult situation.

Origin
Late
16th century (in the sense ‘become known, come to light’): from Latin
emergere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’.

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