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Etymology

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From Latin ēmānāre (to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from), from e (out) + mānāre (to flow).

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/
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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.
    Fragrance emanates from flowers.
    • 1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers[1]:
      [] this Association has taken into its serious consideration a proposal, emanating from the aforesaid, Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.P.C., and three other Pickwickians hereinafter named, []
    • 1830, Thomas De Quincey, “Kant in his Miscellaneous Essays”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
      that subsisting form of government from which all special laws emanate
    • 1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, "The Landlady"[2], archived from the original on March 19, 2023:
      Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person. It was not in the least unpleasant, and it reminded him—well, he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of.
    • 2024 May 1, Tom Ingall, “Hope springs eternal for better services”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 52:
      The smell of fresh asphalt hangs heavy in the air at Dore & Totley station. It's even powerful enough to overcome the usual delightful aromas emanating from the well-known curry house which occupies the original platform building.
  2. (transitive, rare) To send or give out; manifest.

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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emanate

  1. inflection of emanare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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emanate f pl

  1. feminine plural of emanato

Latin

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Verb

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ēmānāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēmānō

Spanish

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Verb

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emanate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of emanar combined with te