Emergent

3 definitions found

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

  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. -- {E*mer"gent*ly},
        adv. -- {E*mer"gent*ness}, n. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emergent
       adj : coming into existence; "a nascent republic" [syn: {emerging},
              {nascent}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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