emanate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EM'ANATE, verb intransitive [Latin emanano; e and mano, to flow. 1. To issue from a source; to flow from; applied to fluids; as, light emanates from the sun; perspirable matter, from animal bodies. 2. To proceed from a source of fountain; as, the powers of government in republics emanate from the people.
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