EMANATE

exhale, give forth, emanate

(verb) give out (breath or an odor); ā€œThe chimney exhales a thick smokeā€

emanate

(verb) proceed or issue forth, as from a source; ā€œWater emanates from this hole in the groundā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

emanate (third-person singular simple present emanates, present participle emanating, simple past and past participle emanated)

(intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.

(transitive, rare) To send or give out; manifest.

Anagrams

• enemata, manatee

Source: Wiktionary


Em"a*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emanated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.] Etym: [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. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane.]

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. That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. De Quincey.

Syn.

– To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.

Em"a*nate, a.

Definition: Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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