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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EM'ANATE, v.i. [L. emanano; e and mano, to flow.
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground"
2: give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" [syn: exhale, give forth, emanate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: Latin emanatus, past participle of emanare, from e- + manare to flow Date: 1756 intransitive verb to come out from a source <a sweet scent emanating from the blossoms> transitive verb emit <she seems to emanate an air of serenity> Synonyms: see spring

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by from) (of an idea, rumour, etc.) issue, originate (from a source). 2 intr. (usu. foll. by from) (of gas, light, etc.) proceed, issue. 3 tr. emit; send forth. Etymology: L emanare flow out

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Emanate Em"a*nate, a. Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(emanates, emanating, emanated) 1. If a quality emanates from you, or if you emanate a quality, you give people a strong sense that you have that quality. (FORMAL) Intelligence and cunning emanated from him... He emanates sympathy. = radiate VERB: V from n, V n 2. If something emanates from somewhere, it comes from there. (FORMAL) ...reports emanating from America. VERB: V from n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Flow forth continuously, pour out incessantly. 2. Issue, arise, spring, flow, proceed, emerge, go out.

Moby Thesaurus

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