Emanate | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Emanated p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating. ] [ 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. &unr_;, &unr_;, wet, &unr_; to be wet, Skr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. De Quincey. Syn. -- To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate. [ 1913 Webster ] |