Dictionary entry

Emanation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Em′a‐na″tion (?), n. [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.