Emanating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emanate \Em"a*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emanated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Emanating}.] [L. emanare, emanatum, to emanate; e out
     + manare to flow, prob. for madnare, and akin to madere to be
     wet, drip, madidus wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. ?, ?, wet, ? to
     be wet, Skr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. {Emane}.]
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     1. To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or
        less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.
  
     2. To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin;
        to arise, to originate.
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              That subsisting from of government from which all
              special laws emanate.                 --De Quincey.
  
     Syn: To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.
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