emit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb expel (gases or odors)
    breathe; pass off.
  2. verb give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
    give out; give off.
    • The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits
  3. verb express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
    utter; let loose; let out.
    • She let out a big heavy sigh
    • He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand

WordNet

E*mit" transitive verb
Etymology
L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Emitted ; present participle & verbal noun Emitting
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913