FromLatinēmittō.

• IPA^(key):/iˈmɪt/,/ɪˈmɪt/

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• Rhymes:-ɪt

emit (third-person singular simple presentemits,present participleemitting,simple past and past participleemitted)

1. (transitive) Tosend out orgive off.

   Synonyms:outsend,output

   • 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.”, inA 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 theGrassmarket, and several others, &c.,→OCLC,pages167–168:

     Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it isemitted [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.

   • 2014, Imar Spaanjaars,Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB:

     The controls thenemit client-side HTML code that is appended to the final page output.

2. (intransitive) Tocome out, to be sent out or given off.
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik,The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders,→ISBN, page350:

     Eruption ceased toemit, and aside from the limited success of "I'll Be Your Friend" (--/#40, 1986), Precious Wilson still hopes to hit the big time.

   • 1997, Emmanuel Saint-Victor,Illuminating and Sound Producing String Activated Rotatable Toy, US Patent6083076(PDF version):

     Said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed toemit from said casing through said plurality of apertures.

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emit

1. nominativeplural ofemi

• imet

emit

1. third-personsingularpresentactiveindicative ofemō

ēmit

1. third-personsingularperfectactiveindicative ofemō