emanate

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: em=a=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

emanate, v. i. [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.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate."

Syn. -- To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.

emanate, a. 

 Issuing forth; emanant.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

emanate, v.
1 intr. (usu. foll. by from) (of an idea, rumour, etc.) issue, originate (from a source).
2 intr. (usu. foll. by from) (of gas, light, etc.) proceed, issue.
3 tr. emit; send forth.

Etymology

L emanare flow out

THESAURUS

emanate

accrue from, arise, arise from, attend, bail out, be contingent on, be due to, birth, break cover, break forth, bud from, burst forth, come, come after, come forth, come from, come out, come out of, debouch, depend on, derive from, descend from, diffuse, discharge, disembogue, disperse, displace, disseminate, effuse, emanate from, emerge, emerge from, emit, ensue, ensue from, erupt, exhale, extrude, exude, flow, flow from, follow after, follow from, follow up, germinate from, give off, give out, go after, grow from, grow out of, hang on, hinge on, initiate, issue, issue forth, issue from, jump out, ooze, originate, originate in, overtake, proceed, proceed from, protrude, put out, radiate, ray, replace, result, rise, sally, sally forth, scatter, send forth, send out, spread, spring from, sprout from, stem, stem from, succeed, supervene, surface, track, trail, turn on

ROGET THESAURUS

emanate

Egress

VB emerge, emanate, issue, egress, go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of, pass out of, evacuate, exude, transude, leak, run through, out through, percolate, transcolate, egurgitate, strain, distill, perspire, sweat, drain, ooze, filter, filtrate, dribble, gush, spout, flow out, well, well out, pour, trickle, effuse, extravasate, disembogue, discharge itself, debouch, come forth, break forth, burst out, burst through, find vent, escape.

Excretion

VB excrete, emanate.