Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Emergent

Emergent , adjective

[Latin emergens, present participle of emergere.]

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
Collocations (1)
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.