a. [as if ad. L. *ēmānātīvus: see EMANATE and -IVE.]

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  1.  Tending to issue forth; of the nature of an emanation; due to emanation.

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1661.  G. Rust, Origen’s Opin., in Phenix (1721), I. 13. All Effects and Productions whatever, whether voluntary or emanative.

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1685.  H. More, Paralip. Prophet., 471. The Holy Ghost proceedeth … by an Emanative procession.

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1842.  G. S. Faber, Prov. Lett. (1844), II. 213. The Father … is superior to the emanative or derivative Persons of the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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  2.  With transitive force: Tending to produce, emit, bring forth.

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1651.  Biggs, New Disp., 220. Emit their vertues by an emanative and influential manner.

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1678.  Cudworth, Intell. Syst., 739. No Imperfect Being whatsoever, hath a Sufficient Emanative Power to Create any other Substance.

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1829.  I. Taylor, Enthus., ix. 233. True wisdom is an emanative principle.

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1855.  Milman, Lat. Chr. (1864), IX. XIV. ii. 55. A concentered and emanative power of imparting … spiritual influences.

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  3.  Relating to or connected with the philosophical or the theological theory of emanation.

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1838–9.  Hallam, Hist. Lit., I. I. vii. § 21. 399. That fundamental theorem of the emanative philosophy.

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1838.  J. H. Newman, Arians, i. § 5. They advocated the Emanative, as it may be called, or in-dwelling theory.

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