Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-MERG'ENT
E-MERG'ENCE, or E-MERG'EN-CYE-MER'GENT-LY
E-MERG'ENT, a.
- Rising out of a fluid or any thing that covers or surrounds. The mountains huge appear emergent. Milton.
- Issuing or proceeding from. South.
- Rising out of a depressed state or from obscurity.
- Coming suddenly; sudden; casual; unexpected: hence, calling for immediate action or remedy; urgent; pressing; as, an emergent occasion. Clarendon.
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