EMANATING

Verb

emanating

present participle of emanate

Anagrams

• man-eating, maneating, manganite

Source: Wiktionary


EMANATE

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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