Emit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Emit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emit v expel (gases or odors) Synonym(s): emit, breathe, pass off give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" Synonym(s): emit, give out, give off Antonym(s): absorb, take in express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" Synonym(s): utter, emit, let out, let loose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emit \Emit"\, 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.