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emanate

ema·nate

US/ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/ uncommon rare

verb

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”
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Origin

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

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