EMIT
emit, breathe, pass off
(verb) expel (gases or odors)
utter, emit, let out, let loose
(verb) express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); “She let out a big heavy sigh”; “He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand”
emit, give out, give off
(verb) give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; “The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
emit (third-person singular simple present emits, present participle emitting, simple past and past participle emitted)
(transitive) to send out or give off
Synonyms: outsend, output
Anagrams
• -time, it me, item, mite, time
Source: Wiktionary
E*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.] Etym:
[L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition