Thesaurus: emit

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
3. v. expel (gases or odors)
4. v. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
5. v. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
6. 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.
7. v:100 v. expel (gases or odors) v. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.