Dictionary Entry
emanation
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˌɛməˈneɪʃən/Word FrequencyUncommon (3.38)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
In a Sentence
“A strange emanation of fear filled the room as the lights flickered.”
Published Usage Examples
“The term emanation, being itself a metaphor, has been, and is still, used in many senses, and frequently by writers who are not emanationists.”
“From all which it follows, that this author is grossly ignorant of the true philosophical sense of the term emanation; sometimes applying it to one thing, and sometimes denying it of another; but both at a venture, and just as people use to do at blindman's buff. "”
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Origin
From Latin 'emanare', meaning 'to flow out'.
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Poetry examples for “emanation”
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