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Past tense of emanate

regular verb

The past tense of emanate is emanated. The past participle is also emanated.

Forms of emanate

Base form (V1)emanate /ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/
Past tense (V2)emanated
Past participle (V3)emanated
Present participleemanating
Third person singularemanates

Emanated in a sentence

  • From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.From the entry sibilation
  • Suddenly, a faint moan emanated from the cantonment.1999, Bruce Sterling, A Good Old-fashioned Future: Stories, New York, NY: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 242. From the entry winebottle
  • But with its impact, a sound similar to a swack! emanated from the ring and echoed throughout the gym.1996, Evander Holyfield, Bernard Holyfield, Holyfield: The Humble Warrior, page 45. From the entry swack
  • But it is difficult to believe that all of these new-founded, early Iron Age I settlements emanated from a single source, namely sheep-goat pastoralism.2001, Michael David Coogan, The Oxford History of the Biblical World, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry new-founded
  • Conformity was maintained through a patterned series of social controls which, contrary to the usual system of imposure, actually emanated from within the membership.1963, W. M. Kephart, "Experimental Family Organization: An Historico-Cultural Report on the Oneida Community," William M. Kephart…. From the entry imposure

Meaning of emanate

  1. verb To come from a source; issue from.
  2. verb To send or give out; emit.

Full definition of emanate

Questions about the past tense of emanate

What is the past tense of emanate?
The past tense of emanate is emanated.
What is the past participle of emanate?
The past participle of emanate is emanated.
Is emanate a regular or irregular verb?
Emanate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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