[emit] vt emit.ted ; emit.ting [L emittere to send out, fr. e- + mittere to send] (1626) 1 a: to throw or give off or out (as light) b: to send out: eject
2. a: to issue with authority; esp: to put (as money) into circulation b obs: publish
3: to give utterance or voice to "emitted a groan" -- emit.ter n