DictionaryemanateCome from a source
verb

emanate

EM-uh-nayt/ˈeməneɪt/

To come or spread out from a source.

Steam emanates from the hot tea.

Steam gently emanates from a fresh cup of tea.
Etymology

The pieces give the image “flow out.” The Latin verb also meant “arise or proceed from,” extending that image beyond liquids to anything coming or spreading from a source.

In context

The Collaborative19:22
God's good gifts come in all ways in all sorts of ways not just necessarily through those things ordained by the church or that emanate from scripture
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More examples

  • A faint scent emanated from the flowers.
  • Confidence seemed to emanate from her.
  • The investigators traced the noise emanating from the cellar.

Forms

emanate · emanates · emanated · emanating

Similar words

emit
Emit describes a source giving something out; emanate describes something coming from a source.
arise
Arise can mean originate; emanate often suggests spreading outward.