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<hw>Em"a*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emanated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emanating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>emanare</ets>, <ets>emanatum</ets>, to emanate; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>manare</ets> to flow, prob. for <ets>madnare</ets>, and akin to <ets>madere</ets> to be wet, drip, <ets>madidus</ets> wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. <?/, <?/, wet, <?/ to be wet, Skr. <ets>mad</ets> to boil, <ets>matta</ets> drunk. Cf. <er>Emane</er>.]</ety>

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<p><b>1.</b> <def>To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; <as>as, fragrance <ex>emanates</ex> from flowers</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.</def>

<blockquote>That subsisting from of government from which all special laws <b>emanate</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.</syn>

<h1>Emanate</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em"a*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Issuing forth; emanant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Emanation</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em`a*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emanatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82manation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<blockquote>Those profitable and excellent <b>emanations</b> from God. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; <as>as, perfume is an <ex>emanation</ex> from a flower</as>.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>emanation</b> of the indwelling life. <i>Bryant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emanative</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em"a*na*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Issuing forth; effluent.</def>

<h1>Emanatively</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em"a*na*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By an emanation.</def>

<h1>Emanatory</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>Em"a*na*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Emanative; of the nature of an emanation.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Emancipate</h1> <Xpage=482>

<hw>E*man"ci*pate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emancipated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emancipating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>emancipatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>emancipare</ets> to emancipate; <ets>e + mancipare</ets> to transfer ownership in, fr. <ets>manceps</ets> purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; <ets>manus</ets> hand + <ets>capere</ets> to take. See <er>Manual</er>, and <er>Capable</er>.]</ety> <def>To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: <sd>(a)</sd> To set free, as a minor from a parent; <as>as, a father may <ex>emancipate</ex> a child</as>. <sd>(b)</sd> To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; <as>as, to <ex>emancipate</ex> a slave, or a country</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to <b>emancipate</b> Hellas. <i>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</i></blockquote>

<sd>(c)</sd> <def>To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to <i>emancipate</i> one from prejudices or error</def>.

<blockquote>From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had <b>emancipated</b> and freed himself. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>emancipate</b> the human conscience. <i>A. W. Ward.</i></blockquote>

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