emanate
verb /ˈeməneɪt/
/ˈeməneɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they emanate | /ˈeməneɪt/ /ˈeməneɪt/ |
he / she / it emanates | /ˈeməneɪts/ /ˈeməneɪts/ |
past simple emanated | /ˈeməneɪtɪd/ /ˈeməneɪtɪd/ |
past participle emanated | /ˈeməneɪtɪd/ /ˈeməneɪtɪd/ |
-ing form emanating | /ˈeməneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈeməneɪtɪŋ/ |
- emanate something to produce or show something
- He emanates power and confidence.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEmanate is used with these nouns as the subject:- music
- smell
- aura
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin emanat- ‘flowed out’, from the verb emanare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + manare ‘to flow’.