emit

From Latin ēmittō.

• IPA^(key): /iˈmɪt/, IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɪt/

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emit (third-person singular simple present emits, present participle emitting, simple past and past participle emitted)

1. (transitive) to send out or give off
   • 1744, Alexander Shiels [i.e., Alexander Shields], “Period VI. Containing the Testimony through the Continued Tract of the Present Deformation, from the Year 1660 to this Day.”, in A Hind Let Loose: Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ; with the True State thereof in All Its Periods: [...], Edinburgh: Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, and sold by William Gray bookbinder in the Grassmarket, and several others, &c., OCLC 723488025, pages 167–168:

     Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.

   Synonyms: outsend, output

• emission
• emittable

• -time, item, mite, time

emit

1. Nominative plural form of emi.

• imet

emit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of emō

ēmit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of emō