Hypertext Webster Gateway: "emitted"

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.


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