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emanant

[em-uh-nuhnt] Origin

em·a·nant

[em-uh-nuhnt]
adjective
emanating or issuing from or as if from a source.

Origin:
1605–15; (< F) < Latin ēmānant- (stem of ēmānāns outflowing, present participle of ēmānāre), equivalent to ē- e- + mān- flow + -ant- -ant

non·em·a·nant, adjective
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emanant
1852, from L. emanantem, prp. of emanare (see emanate).
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