issuing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
issuing
    n 1: the act of providing an item for general use or for
         official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of
         stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month
         ago" [syn: {issue}, {issuing}, {issuance}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Issue \Is"sue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Issued} ([i^]sh"[-u]d); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Issuing}.]
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   1. To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed
      place.
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            From it issued forced drops of blood. --Shak.
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   2. To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued
      from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
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   3. To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from
      springs; light issues from the sun.
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   4. To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to
      spring.
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            Of thy sons that shall issue from thee. --2 Kings
                                                  xx. 18.
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   5. To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the
      highway.
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   6. To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue;
      to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from
      land, tenements, or a capital stock.
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   7. To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know
      not how the cause will issue.
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   8. (Law) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on
      which the parties join issue.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
issuing \issuing\ n.
   the act of issuing; putting out.

   Syn: issue, issuance.
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