emit
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
emit (third-person singular simple present emits, present participle emitting, simple past and past participle emitted)
- (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, 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.
- 2014, Imar Spaanjaars, Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB:
- The controls then emit client-side HTML code that is appended to the final page output.
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to send out or give off
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Finnish
Noun
emit
- nominative plural of emi
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) emit
Verb
(deprecated template usage) ēmit
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