intransitive verb

• 1(of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source)

  ‘warmth emanated from the fireplace’

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  • ‘she felt an undeniable charm emanating from him’

  Synonyms

  emerge, flow, pour, proceed, issue, ensue, come out, come forth, spread out, come

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  1. 1.1Originate from; be produced by.
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     • ‘the proposals emanated from a committee’
     Synonyms

     originate from, have its origins in, derive from, arise from, stem from, emanate from, proceed from, start from, issue from, evolve from, come from

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  2. 1.2with object Give out or emit (something abstract but perceptible)
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     • ‘he emanated a powerful brooding air’
     Synonyms

     exude, give off, give out, send out, send forth, pour out, throw out, spread, discharge, disgorge, emit, exhale, radiate

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