Meaning of EMANATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'emu`neyt
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- [v] give out, as of breath or an odor; "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"
- [v] proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground"
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| | Synonyms: | | exhale, give forth |
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| | See Also: | | breathe, come, come up, effuse, emit, flow out, pass off | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Em"a*nate\, a.
Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]
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