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2 definitions found 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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