Emanate
/ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To come from a source; issue from. intransitive
"Fragrance emanates from flowers."
- 2 give out (breath or an odor) wordnet
- 3 To send or give out; emit. rare, transitive
"[…] his baggy, wrinkled suit emanating a diapery stench […]"
- 4 proceed or issue forth, as from a source wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Stars emanate gamma rays when they explode."
Etymology
From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from e (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).