Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-MIT', v.t. [L. emitto; e and mitto, to send.]

1. To send forth; to throw or give out; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun and moon emit light; animal bodies emit perspirable matter; putrescent substances emit offensive or noxious exhalations.
2. To let fly; to discharge; to dart or shoot; as, to emit an arrow. [Unusual.] – Prior.
3. To issue forth, as an order or decree. [Unusual.] – Ayliffe.
4. To issue, as notes or bills of credit; to print, and send into circulation. The United States have emitted treasury notes. No state shall emit bills of credit. – Const. United States.