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emanate (ˈɛməˌneɪtPronunciation for emanate) 

Definitions

verb

  1. (intr)  often foll by from to issue or proceed from or as from a source
  2. (tr) to send forth; emit

Alternative Forms

emanative (ˈɛmənətɪvPronunciation for emanative)  adjective ˈemaˌnator noun emanatory (ˈɛməˌneɪtərɪPronunciation for emanatory;-trɪ)  adjective

Word Origin

C18: from Latin ēmānāre  to flow out, from mānāre to flow

Usage examples

  • Ah, but the polluted atmosphere didn't emanate from the ghost either then or earlier," said Hall.
    Howatch, Susan, Absolute Truths (1994)
  • They should adhere to the principle of looking for the public good-private good will, automatically, emanate from that.
    Business Today (2000)
  • The reason they didn't seemed to emanate from conductor Edison's concept of the two works under his sure but excessive control.
    Globe and Mail (2003)
  • As with all vogues that emanate from the US, the arrival of the data sabbath here is surely a question of when rather than if.
    Belfast Telegraph (2004)
  • Inevitably, then, more radical land-use planning proposals emanate from the centre rather than the locality.
    Cloke, Paul J (ed), Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)

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