Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEEm"a·nant (?), a. [L. emanans, -antis, p. pr. of emanare. See Emanate.] Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition. Em"a·nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emanated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.] [L. emanare, emanatum, to emanate; e out + manare to flow, prob. for madnare, and akin to madere to be wet, drip, madidus wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. ?, ?, wet, ? to be wet, Skr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane.] 1. To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers. 2. To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate. That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. Syn. -- To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate. Em"a·nate (?), a. Issuing forth; emanant. [R.] Em`a·na"tion (?), n. [L. emanatio: cf. F. émanation.] 1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South. Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. 2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower. An emanation of the indwelling life. Em"a·na·tive (?), a. Issuing forth; effluent. Em"a·na·tive·ly, adv. By an emanation. Em"a·na·to·ry (?), a. Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. Dr. H. More. |