'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'

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