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emanate

[em-uh-neyt] Example Sentences Origin

em·a·nate

[em-uh-neyt] verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate.
verb (used with object)
2.
to send forth; emit.

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poem or prose work depicting rural or pastoral life
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Origin:
1780–90; < Latin ēmānātus having flowed out (past participle of ēmānāre), equivalent to ē- e- + mān- flow + -ātus -ate1

em·a·na·tive, adjective
em·a·na·tor, noun
em·a·na·to·ry [em-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
non·em·a·nat·ing, adjective
re·em·a·nate, verb (used without object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
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un·em·a·na·tive, adjective
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1. arise, spring, flow. See emerge.

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Example Sentences
  • Morse code and sonar pings emanate from the radar room.
  • Isn't it amazing, the non stop stream of lies that emanate from the lips of warming denialists.
  • Screeches emanate from the rides in a rickety amusement park.
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emanate (ˈɛməˌneɪt)
 
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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emanate
1756, from L. emanat-, pp. stem of emanare (see emanation). Related: Emanated; emanating.
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