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Webster 1913 Edition
Emanate
Em′a-nate
,Verb.
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. [GREEK], [GREEK], wet, [GREEK] to be wet, Skr. mad
to boil, matta
drunk. Cf. Emane
.] 2.
To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.
Syn. – To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.
Em′a-nate
,Adj.
Issuing forth; emanant.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Emanate
EM'ANATE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To issue from a source; to flow from; applied to fluids; as, light emanates from the sun; perspirable matter, from animal bodies.2.
To proceed from a source of fountain; as, the powers of government in republics emanate from the people.Definition 2024
emanate
emanate
English
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.
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Translations
To come from a source
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