emanate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb proceed or issue forth, as from a source
    • Water emanates from this hole in the ground
  2. verb give out (breath or an odor)
    exhale; give forth.
    • The chimney exhales a thick smoke

WordNet

Em"a*nate intransitive verb
Etymology
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. , , wet, to be wet, Skr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Emanated ; present participle & verbal noun Emanating
Definitions
  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 adjective
Definitions
  1. Issuing forth; emanant. R.

Webster 1913