'Emanate' definitions:
Definition of 'emanate'
From: WordNet
verb
Proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground"
verb
Give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" [syn: exhale, give forth, emanate]
Definition of 'Emanate'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. --De Quincey.
- Syn: To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Emanate'
From: GCIDE
- Emanate \Em"a*nate\, a. Issuing forth; emanant. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'emanate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accrue from,
- arise,
- arise from,
- attend,
- bail out,
- be contingent on,
- be due to,
- birth,
- break cover,
- break forth,
- bud from,
- burst forth,
- come,
- come after,
- come forth,
- come from,
- come out,
- come out of,
- debouch,
- depend on,
- derive from,
- descend from,
- diffuse,
- discharge,
- disembogue,
- disperse,
- displace,
- disseminate,
- effuse,
- emanate from,
- emerge,
- emerge from,
- emit,
- ensue,
- ensue from,
- erupt,
- exhale,
- extrude,
- exude,
- flow,
- flow from,
- follow after,
- follow from,
- follow up,
- germinate from,
- give off,
- give out,
- go after,
- grow from,
- grow out of,
- hang on,
- hinge on,
- initiate,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- issue from,
- jump out,
- ooze,
- originate,
- originate in,
- overtake,
- proceed,
- proceed from,
- protrude,
- put out,
- radiate,
- ray,
- replace,
- result,
- rise,
- sally,
- sally forth,
- scatter,
- send forth,
- send out,
- spread,
- spring from,
- sprout from,
- stem,
- stem from,
- succeed,
- supervene,
- surface,
- track,
- trail,
- turn on