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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emit \E*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emitted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Emitting}.] [L. emittere to send out e out + mittere to
send See {Mission}.]
1. To send forth; to throw or give out to cause to issue; to
give vent to to eject; to discharge; as fire emits heat
and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal
arrows. --Prior.
2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send
into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. --Const.
of the U. S.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
emit
v 1: expel, as of gases and odors [syn: {breathe}, {give off}, {pass
off}]
2: give off send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or
radiation, vapor, etc [syn: {give out}, {give off}] [ant:
{absorb}]
3: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She
let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that
nobody could understand" [syn: {utter}, {let out}, {let
loose}]
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