verb

emanate

emanate, issue, radiate

A strange light emanated from the house.

A strange light emanated from the house.

She emanates a sense of calm.

She emanates a sense of calm.

Good ideas emanate from our team.

Good ideas emanate from our team.

((from sth.)) to come out from a source A strange light emanated ((from the house)).

((sth.)) to express a quality or feeling through the way you look and behave She emanates ((a sense of calm)).

Synonyms: radiate, emit, issue; Antonyms: absorb, conceal

From Latin 'e-' (out) + 'manare' (to flow). It literally means 'to flow out'.

Picture a smell, light, or feeling 'flowing out' from a source, like heat emanating from a fire.

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