Emergent \E*mer"gent\, a. [L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.]
1. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers
or conceals; issuing; coming to light.
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The mountains huge appear emergent. --Milton.
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2. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for
prompt action; urgent.
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Protection granted in emergent danger. --Burke.
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Emergent year (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any
people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the
emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of
Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of
the declaration of their independence. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
emergent
adj : coming into existence; "a nascent republic" [syn: emerging,
nascent]
WordNet (r) 2.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "emergent":
approaching, arising, charged, climacteric, coming, critical,
crucial, decisive, desired, destinal, destined, determined,
emanating, emanative, emanent, emerging, eventual, exigent,
extrapolated, fatal, fated, fatidic, forthcoming, future,
futuristic, hereafter, hoped-for, imminent, issuing, kairotic,
later, loaded, nearing, pivotal, planned, plotted, predicted,
pregnant, probable, projected, prophesied, prospective, surfacing,
to come, to-be, transeunt, transient, ultimate
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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