emanate

[ em-uh-neyt ]

/ ˈɛm əˌneɪt /

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verb (used without object), em·a·nat·ed, em·a·nat·ing.

to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate.

verb (used with object), em·a·nat·ed, em·a·nat·ing.

to send forth; emit.

OTHER WORDS FOR emanate

1 arise, spring, flow.

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Origin of emanate

First recorded in 1780–90; from Latin ēmānātus “having flowed out” (past participle of ēmānāre ), equivalent to ē- “out of, from” + mān-, stem of mānāre “to flow, trickle” + -ātus adjective suffix; see e-¹, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM emanate

em·a·na·tive, adjectiveem·a·na·tor, nounem·a·na·to·ry

[em-uh-nuh-tawr-ee], /ˈɛm ə nəˌtɔr i/, adjectivere·em·a·nate, verb (used without object), re·em·a·nat·ed, re·em·a·nat·ing.

un·em·a·na·tive, adjective

Words nearby emanate

emacs, emagram, email, emalangeni, emanant, emanate, emanating, emanation, emancipate, emancipated, emancipation

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How to use emanate in a sentence

On Twitter, the nearly verbatim language emanated from about two dozen accounts through the summer.
Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter|Isaac Stanley-Becker|September 15, 2020|Washington Post
If you recall that distinctive tang of fresh pavement, what your nose is picking up is the volatile organic molecules emanating from the petroleum-based material.
City pavement is a big source of air pollution|Ula Chrobak|September 3, 2020|Popular-Science
They show the expanding limits of a ray of light—and everything else—as it emanates from an initial event, such as an explosion.
How special relativity can help AI predict the future|Will Heaven|August 28, 2020|MIT Technology Review
These force fields — the same entities that emanate from fridge magnets — surround Earth, the sun and all galaxies.
The Hidden Magnetic Universe Begins to Come Into View|Natalie Wolchover|July 2, 2020|Quanta Magazine

Earth’s field, for instance, emanates from its inner “dynamo,” the current of liquid iron churning in its core.
The Hidden Magnetic Universe Begins to Come Into View|Natalie Wolchover|July 2, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The concrete building from which the sounds emanate shakes from the impact, rattling the colorful houses on the dirt roads nearby.
Rage Against the Ebola Crematorium|Abby Haglage|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Your bodies will emanate scent, and you will go to paradise.
When India Failed in the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks|Emma Garman|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Cold white wine would somehow emanate from its own spring just outside the door.
A World Without Electricity|Justin Green|January 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
India, for its part, counter-charges that many attacks within its borders emanate from Pakistan.
The Single Lesson of Mumbai|Meenakshi Ganguly|January 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The worthy Germans, who think everything excellent that does not emanate from themselves, copy this custom most conscientiously.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
It may be said that an earnest Barrister should be clean shaven, but the remark would only emanate from those who are bachelors.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887|Various
It would, indeed, be disrespectful in the listener not to pay intelligent heed to the discourses which emanate from the pulpit.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
No such crude claims as these emanate from the skilled advertising agents employed by the Sanatogen people.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
But it was not from the members of the Chamber that the movement was to emanate.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844|Various

British Dictionary definitions for emanate

emanate

/ (ˈɛməˌneɪt) /

verb

(intr often foll by from) to issue or proceed from or as from a source

(tr) to send forth; emit

Derived forms of emanate

emanative (ˈɛmənətɪv), adjectiveemanator, nounemanatory (ˈɛməˌneɪtərɪ, -trɪ), adjective

Word Origin for emanate

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

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