Emergences

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emergence \E*mer"gence\, n.; pl. {Emergences}.
     The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from
     envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden
     uprisal or appearance.
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           The white color of all refracted light, at its very
           first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors.
                                                    --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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           When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. --H.
                                                    Brooke.
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