EMISSITIOUS
Em`is*si"tious, a. Etym: [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.]
Defn: Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.
EMISSIVE
E*mis"sive, a.
Defn: Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.
EMISSIVITY
Em`is*siv"i*ty, n.
Defn: Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.
EMISSORY
E*mis"so*ry, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Same as Emissary, a., 2.
EMIT
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.