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Webster 1913 Edition

Emanation

Emˊa-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
emanatio
: cf. F.
émanation
.]
1.
The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
South.
Those profitable and excellent
emanations
from God.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence;
as, perfume is an
emanation
from a flower
.
An
emanation
of the indwelling life.
Bryant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emanation

EMANA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain-head or origin.
1.
That which issues, flows or proceeds from any source, substance or body; efflux; effluvium. Light is an emanation from the sun; wisdom, from God; the authority of laws, from the supreme power.

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