emit

[ih-mit]

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verb (used with object), e·mit·ted, e·mit·ting.

to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
to give forth or release (a sound): He emitted one shrill cry and then was silent.
to utter or voice, as opinions.

to issue, as an order or a decree.
to issue formally for circulation, as paper money.

Origin of emit

1620–30; < Latin ēmittere to send forth, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + mittere to send

Related formsre·e·mit, verb (used with object), re·e·mit·ted, re·e·mit·ting.self-e·mit·ted, adjectiveun·e·mit·ted, adjectiveun·e·mit·ting, adjective

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Related Words for emitting

breathe, expend, spit, spill, spew, vent, emanate, pour, beam, utter, ooze, belch, transmit, radiate, exude, secrete, exhale, shed, expel, pronounce

Examples from the Web for emitting

Contemporary Examples of emitting

When a pumpkin is sent to the landfill, it rots, emitting methane, an alarmingly potent greenhouse gas.
Eat Your Halloween Pumpkin and Save the Planet!
Sarah Elton
October 31, 2013
If you take two long-haul flights a year, you are emitting as much carbon as if you had driven an extra car.
What Are We Going to Do About Carbon?
Megan McArdle
June 25, 2013
He walked with the air of a cardinal, emitting words with a nasal tone and melancholy gestures.
Pablo Neruda, My Neighbor: Roberto Ampuero Recalls His Childhood
Roberto Ampuero
June 21, 2012

Historical Examples of emitting

At any rate, whatever the explanation, the sphere was emitting men!
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930
Various
He fell upon his back, emitting a shrill cry of alarm, like a woman's.
The Downfall
Emile Zola
Butter was sizzling in the pans and emitting a sharp odor of burnt flour.
L'Assommoir
Emile Zola
"I should think so," said the Personage, emitting a long whiff of smoke.
The Burning Spear
John Galsworthy
The elderly serang, emitting a strange, inarticulate cry, gave the example.
A Personal Record
Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for emitting

emit

verb emits, emitting or emitted (tr)

to give or send forth; dischargethe pipe emitted a stream of water
to give voice to; uttershe emitted a shrill scream
physics to give off (radiation or particles)
to put (currency) into circulation

Word Origin for emit

C17: from Latin ēmittere to send out, from mittere to send

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Word Origin and History for emitting

emit

1620s, from Latin emittere "send forth," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + mittere "to send" (see mission). Related: Emitted; emitting.