emanate
English
Etymology
From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from e (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛm.ə.ˌneɪt/
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Verb
emanate (third-person singular simple present emanates, present participle emanating, simple past and past participle emanated)
- (intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.
- Fragrance emanates from flowers.
- De Quincey
- that subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate
- (transitive, rare) To send or give out; manifest.
Related terms
Translations
To come from a source
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Further reading
- emanate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- emanate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- emanate at OneLook Dictionary Search
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