reemerge

English

Alternative forms

• re-emerge slightly more common form
• reëmerge

Etymology

Latin re ('again'), and emergere derived from e- (a variant of ex-), meaning 'out, forth' and mergere meaning 'to dip'.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹi.i.ˈmɚdʒ/, X-SAMPA: /ri.i."m@`dZ/

Verb

reemerge (third-person singular simple present reemerges, present participle reemerging, simple past and past participle reemerged)

1. To emerge again, to come into view after having hidden.
2. To come out of a situation, object or a liquid after having entered it.

   Soon after it submerged, the submarine reemerged from the ocean.

Derived terms

• reemergence
• reemergent