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 E·mer·gent a.
 1. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.
    The mountains huge appear emergent.   --Milton.
 2. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.
    Protection granted in emergent danger.   --Burke.
 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.
 -- E*mer*gent*ly, adv. -- E*mer*gent*ness, n. [R.]
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