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emanate

/ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/ verb

Latin root: ēmānāre Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about emanate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
    Water emanates from this hole in the ground
  2. Give out (breath or an odor).
    The chimney exhales a thick smoke

Origin

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

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