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English Dictionary: emitting by the DICT Development Group
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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.
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