emissive

[Latin emi (us), pa. par. of emit to; Eng. suff. -ive.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Sending out, emitting. 2. Sent out, emitted. II. Optics : Sending forth radiation. ( Of heat ) Emi ive power of a body: The same as its radiating power. ( Ganot .) [RADIATION.] ě-mis-sõr-ý, a. [Latin emi (us), pa. par. of emit to; Eng. suff. -ory .] 1. Ord. Lang.: Emitting, sending or conveying out. 2. Anat .: Excretory; applied to certain ducts which convey fluids out of the body; emi ary. ě-mit', v . t . [Lat. emit to = to send out; e = out, and mit to =to send.] 1. To send out or forth; to throw or give out; to give vent to; to discharge. "The soil, being fruitful and rich, emits steams, consisting of volatile and active parts."-Arbuthnot: On Air . 2. To let fly; to dart, to discharge. "Pay sacred reverence to Apollo's song, Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal arrows." Prior: Hymn to Apollo. fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fåll, 1636 3. To i ue by authority. "That a citation be valid, it ought to be decreed and emitted by the judge's authority, and at the instance of the party."- Auliffe . Parergon. Crabb thus discriminates between to emit , to exhale, and to evaporate : " Emit is used to expre a more positive effort to send out; exhale and evapo rate designate the natural and progre ive proce of things: volcanoes emit fire and flames: the earth exhales the damps, or flowers exhale perfumes, liquids evaporate . Animals may emit by an act of volition: things exhale or evaporate by an external action upon them; they exhale that which is for eign to them; they evaporate that which constitutes a part of their substance. The polecat is reported to emit such a stench from itself when pursued, as to keep its pursuers at a distance from itself: bogs and fens exhale their moisture when acted upon by the heat: water evaporates by means of steam when put into a state of ebullition." (Crabb: Eng. Synon .) ě-mit-těnt, a . [Lat. emittens , pr. par. of emit to to send out.] Seuding out; emitting. *ěm-măn-tle, *em-man-tel, v . t . [Fr. emman teler. 1. To cover. 2. To build or place round by way of fortification or defense. *ěm-mar-ble, *en-mar-ble, v . t . [Pref. em , and Eng. marble (q. v.).] To render hard and insensible as marble. ěm-měn-a-gog-Ic, a. [Eng. emmenagog ( ue ); -ic.] Promoting the menstrual discharge.