emanate
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əˌneɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate. Synonyms: arise, spring, flow.
verb (used with object)
2.
to send forth; emit.
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| —vb (often foll by from) | |
| 1. | to issue or proceed from or as from a source |
| 2. | (tr) to send forth; emit |
| [C18: from Latin ēmānāre to flow out, from mānāre to flow] | |
| emanative | |
| —adj | |
| 'emanator | |
| —n | |
| emanatory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
emanate
1756, from L. emanat-, pp. stem of emanare (see emanation). Related: Emanated; emanating.
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Example sentences
The specific vocal demands of the title role emanate from the character.
The cranial nerves are composed of twelve pairs of nerves that emanate from the nervous tissue of the brain.
Perhaps porcine aeronauts will emanate from one of your bodily orifices.
Mostly this feels much the same as the phantom limbs of amputees-an illusion, from which sensations sometimes emanate.
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