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verb

Emanate v. i. (past & past part. emanated; pres. part. emanating)

To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

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."

Synonyms: To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.

adjective

Emanate adj. Issuing forth; emanant. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Emanate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Emanate" Quotes from Famous Books

... consistent liar was discovered to have been already well schooled in the art of professional criminalistic self-protection. So it has gone. Investigation of each of these episodic cases has shown the fabrications to emanate either from a distinctly abnormal personality or to partake of a character which rules them out of the realm of pathological lying. In our cases of temporary adolescent psychoses lying was rarely found a puzzling feature; the basic nature of the ...

— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy

... occupying almost the entire width, divide it into three successive stages, which rise gradually toward the back. On the right and left, between the columns, are doors of sombre bronze. At the back, a monumental door of brass. The palace is lit only by a vague light that seems to emanate mainly from the brilliancy of the marble and the ebony. At the rise of the curtain, NIGHT, in the form of a very old woman, clad in long, black garments, is seated on the steps of the second stage between two children, of whom one, almost naked, like Cupid, is smiling ...

— The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts • Maurice Maeterlinck

... even worse to endure, especially when cooking operations were in progress, for the Yakute will not look at fresh pure meat. He prefers it in a condition that would repel a civilised dog, and the odour that used to emanate from a mass of putrid deer-meat, or, worse still, tainted fish, simmering on the embers, is better left to the imagination. At first we suffered severely from nausea in these unsavoury shelters, and there were other reasons ...

— From Paris to New York by Land • Harry de Windt

... growing since the beginning of grandpa's partnership in that bar-room. Neither he nor grandma saw harm in the business. They regarded it as a convenient place where men could meet and spend a social evening, and where strangers might feel at home. Yet, who could say that harm did not emanate from that bar? I could not but wish that grandpa had no interest in it. I did not want to blame him, for he was kind by nature, and had been more than ...

— The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate • Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

... women work much better than the men, but very few are faithful. Nor can we hope for any regularity and real improvement till we are delivered from our cotton-agent and the influences which emanate from ...

— Letters from Port Royal - Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) • Various

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