[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That emerges. lit. and fig.

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1646.  S. Bolton, Arraignm. Err., 265. The power of redressing emerging enormities in a Church.

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1703.  Pope, Vertumnus, 115. Thro’ clouds th’ emerging sun appears.

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1710.  Norris, Chr. Prud., ii. 101. They … lay down old Principles … when … any emerging Juncture shall make it for their advantage.

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1822.  Byron, Heav. & Earth, iii. 40. To hiss and sting through some emerging world.

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1856.  Stanley, Sinai & Pal., vi. 263. The waves … dash against the emerging rocks.

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