emanate

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  1. intransitive and transitive verb To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; a stove that emanated a steady heat. See Synonyms at stem1.

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  • It outranks Epoisses in the sheer vulgarity of the odors that it can emanate, opening with a strong whiff of ripe pointe shoes, drifting dangerously close to intruding intimate female perfumes, and closing with a refrain of stale Russian cigarettes. —  Lucy's Kitchen Notebook
  • Not only are gas prices at an all-time high right now, but the fuel emissions that emanate from petroleum juiced engines cause a breakdown in what we desire to be clean air. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Even well-meaning Christian leaders seem to spend the vast majority of their time dealing with policies that emanate from Washington, D.C. Already, I'm hearing leaders of the so-called Religious Right talk gushingly about who the next Presidential nominee of the Republican Party will be. —  Latest Articles
  • The selection of the running mates emanate the selections in the popular television series. —  Neil Woollcott
  • It was the first of many cover recordings by rock 'n' roll and blues artists to emanate from the rich catalogue of blues great Robert Johnson, who made his last recordings in —  BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS
 

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  1. Latin ēmānāre, ēmānāt-, to flow out : ē-, ex-, ex- + mānāre, to flow.

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  1. from Latin emanatus, past participle of emanare (later Italian emanare = Spanish Portuguese emanar = French émaner, later English emane, q. v.), flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from, from e, out, + mānare, flow: see manation, madid.
  2. from Latin emanatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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