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em⋅a⋅nate

  [em-uh-neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
Use emanate in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1780–90; < L ēmānātus having flowed out (ptp. of ēmānāre), equiv. to ē- e- + mān- flow + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
em⋅a⋅na⋅tive, adjective
em⋅a⋅na⋅tor, noun
em⋅a⋅na⋅to⋅ry  [em-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. arise, spring, flow. See emerge.
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em·a·nate   (ěm'ə-nāt')   
intr. & tr.v.   em·a·nat·ed, em·a·nat·ing, em·a·nates
To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; a stove that emanated a steady heat. See Synonyms at stem1.

[Latin ēmānāre, ēmānāt-, to flow out : ē-, ex-, ex- + mānāre, to flow.]
em'a·na'tive adj.
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Emanate

Em"a*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emanated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.] [L. emanare, emanatum, to emanate; e out + manare to flow, prob. for madnare, and akin to madere to be wet, drip, madidus wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. ?, ?, wet, ? to be wet, Skr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane.]

1. To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

2. To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.

That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. --De Quincey.

Syn: To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.

Emanate

Em"a*nate\, a. Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]
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Language Translation for : emanate
Spanish: emanar,
German: ausströmen,
Japanese: 発する
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Main Entry: em·a·nate
Pronunciation: 'em-&-"nAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -nat·ed; -nat·ing
intransitivesenses
: to come out from a source emanate transitive senses
: to give out or emit
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