a. Obs. [ad. L. ēmittent-em, pr. pple. of ēmittĕ-re to send forth.] That emits.

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1665–6.  Phil. Trans., I. 357. The bloud of the Emittent Animal, may mix … with that of the Recipient.

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1692.  Ray, Dissol. World, iv. (1732), 54. The emittent Body.

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