Syn. — Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-
known. See Distinguished.
Eminently
(Em"i*nent*ly), adv. In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently
learned.
Emir
(E"mir E*meer") , n. [Ar. emir, amir, commander: cf. F. émir. Cf. Admiral, Ameer.] An Arabian
military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the
descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity,
given to certain high officials.
Emirship
(E`mir*ship, E*meer"ship), n. The rank or office of an Emir.
Emissary
(Em"is*sa*ry) n.; pl. Emissaries [L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire.
See Emit.] An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one
sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.
Buzzing emissaries fill the ears
Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears.
Dryden. Syn. — Emissary, Spy. A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition
of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing
party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in
some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard.
Emissary
(Em"is*sa*ry), a.
1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.
2. (Anat.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
Emissaryship
(Em"is*sa*ry*ship`), n. The office of an emissary.
Emission
(E*mis"sion) n. [L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit.]
1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the
emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.
2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly
blood.
Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or
corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.
Emissitious
(Em`is*si"tious) a. [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.] Looking, or narrowly examining; prying.
[Obs.] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.
Emissive
(E*mis"sive) a. Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.
Emissivity
(Em`is*siv"i*ty) n. 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.) Same as Emissary, a., 2.
