emanate
/ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/
emanate verb: to come from a source; issue from.
Verb
emanate (third-person singular simple present emanates, present participle emanating, simple past and past participle emanated)
- To come from a source; issue from.
- Fragrance emanates from flowers.
- […] 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, […]1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- To send or give out; emit.
- […] his baggy, wrinkled suit emanating a diapery stench […]2015, Charles Holdefer, Nice
emanate meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
emanate in Tamil
- ஊற்றெடு, எழு, தோன்று, பெருகு, வெளிப்படு
emanate in Bengali
- নির্গত হওয়া, নির্ঝরিত হওয়া
emanate in Malayalam
- issue, spread, radiate
- ബഹിർഗ്ഗമിക്ക, ഉത്ഭവിക്കുക, നിർഗമിക്കുക, നിർഗളിക്കുക, വമിക്കുക, പുറപ്പെടുവിക്കുക
- stem, originate, derive
- ജനിക്കുക, ഉണ്ടാകുക, ഉത്പദിക്കുക, ഉറവെടുക്കുക, ഊറുക, പ്രാദുർഭവിക്കുക
- emit, exude, radiate
- പുറപ്പെടുവിക്കുക, ഒലിപ്പിക്കുക, പൊട്ടയൊലിപ്പിക്കുക, പ്രസരിപ്പിക്കുക, പരത്തുക, സ്രവിപ്പിക്കുക
emanate in Kannada
- ಹೊರಬರು, ಹೊರಡು, ಹೊರಚೆಲ್ಲು, ಪೊರಮಡಿಸು, ಹೊರಡಿಸು, ಹೊರಮಡಿಸು
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- emanate in Punjabi
- ਉਗਮਣਾ ugamṇā
- emanate in Arabic
- اِنْبَثَقَ inbaṯaqa
- emanate in Persian
- ساطع شدن sâte' šodan
Examples of emanate in a sentence
- that subsisting form of government from which all special laws emanate1830, Thomas De Quincey, “Kant in his Miscellaneous Essays”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
- Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person.1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, "The Landlady", archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023:
Forms of emanate
| third-person singular present | emanates |
|---|---|
| present participle | emanating |
| past participle | emanated |
| past | emanated |
Origin of emanate
From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from ē (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).
Words formed from emanate
Questions about emanate
- What does emanate mean?
- Emanate means to come from a source; issue from.
- What is emanate in Tamil?
- Emanate in Tamil is ஊற்றெடு, எழு, தோன்று. See Emanate meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use emanate in a sentence?
- that subsisting form of government from which all special laws emanate
- What part of speech is emanate?
- Emanate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce emanate?
- Emanate is pronounced /ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/ (US).
- What is the past tense of emanate?
- The past tense of emanate is emanated.
Words near emanate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emanate (page history and authors); emanate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Emanate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emanate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); emanate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉਗਮਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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