Definition of emanate Emanate

/ɛˈmʌnejˌt/ - [emuneyt] - em•a•nate

We found 10 definitions of emanate from 6 different sources.

What does emanate mean?

Verb emanates, emanating, emanated
emanate - proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground"
		come up, come bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
		flow out, effuse flow or spill forth
emanate - give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"
		exhale, give forth
		emit, pass off, breathe expel (gases or odors)

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emanate (v. i.)
To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.
emanate (v. i.)
To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.
emanate (a.)
Issuing forth; emanant.

emanate
em′a-nāt, v.i. to flow out or from: to proceed from some source: to arise.—adj. Em′anant, flowing from.—ns. Emanā′tion, a flowing out from a source, as the universe considered as issuing from the essence of God: the generation of the Son and the procession of the Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings: that which issues or proceeds from some source; Em′anatist.—adjs. Em′anative, Em′anatory, Emanā′tional. [L. emanāre, -ātum—e, out from, manāre, to flow.]

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