In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EMERGE
emerge
(verb) come out into view, as from concealment; “Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office”
emerge
(verb) become known or apparent; “Some nice results emerged from the study”
issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
(verb) come out of; “Water issued from the hole in the wall”; “The words seemed to come out by themselves”
emerge
(verb) come up to the surface of or rise; “He felt new emotions emerge”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
emerge (third-person singular simple present emerges, present participle emerging, simple past and past participle emerged)
(intransitive) To come into view.
(intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
(intransitive) To become known.
Synonyms
• (come into view): come forth, forthcome, heave in sight; see also appear
Anagrams
• mergee
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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