Emit /(?)/

E·mit

Emit

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Emitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting

  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.
  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.