Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EM'A-NATE, v.i. [L. emano; e and mano, to flow; Sp. emanar; Fr. emaner; It. emanare. Class Mn, No. 11, 9.]

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 or fountain; as, the powers of government in republics emanate from the people.