noun
- Astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse.
- synonyms: emersion
- The becoming visible.
- usage: "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
- The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent.
verb
- Come out of.
- usage: "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
- synonyms: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth
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