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Emittent

Emittent \E*mit"tent\, a. [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.] Sending forth; emissive.
--Boyle.

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emittent

a. Sending forth; emissive.

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Whence it is very justly observed by naturalists, that wind still continues of great emolument in certain mysteries not to be named, giving occasion for those happy epithets of turgidas and inflatus, applied either to the emittent or recipient organs.