To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
2.
To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
3.
To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
Issue v. i. (past & past part. issued; pres. part. issuing)
1.
To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place. "From it issued forced drops of blood."
2.
To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
3.
To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
4.
To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring. "Of thy sons that shall issue from thee."
5.
To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
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.
7.
To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
8.
(Law) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
... contributions, no siege or sacking from military leaders of rival factions. The hundred temples in which her citizens worship God are in no danger of sacrilege. The regular administration of the laws encounters no obstacle. The long processions of children and youth, which you see this day, issuing by thousands from her free schools, prove the care and anxiety with which a popular government provides for the education and morals of the people. Everywhere there is order; everywhere there is security. Everywhere the law reaches to the highest and reaches to the lowest, to ... — The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster • Daniel Webster Read full book for free!
... was above human strength; it was certainly beyond that of M. Turgot. Ever occupied with the public weal, he turned his mind to every subject, issuing a multiplicity of decrees, sometimes with rather chimerical hopes. He had proposed to the king six edicts; two were extremely important; the first abolished jurorships (jurandes) and masterships (maitrises) among the workmen. "The king," said the preamble, "wishes to secure ... — A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume VI. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot Read full book for free!
... time the latch of the drawing-room door cracked warningly. Hilda retired within the kitchen out of sight of the lobby. She knew that the child in her would compel her to wait like a child until the visitor was gone, instead of issuing forth boldly like a young woman. But to Florrie the young mistress with her stern dark mask and formidable eyebrows and air of superb disdain was as august as a goddess. Florrie, moving backwards, had now got nearly to the scullery door with her wringing ... — Hilda Lessways • Arnold Bennett Read full book for free!
... the anchor was weighed, the sails were let fall, and the frigate stood out of her perilous position. A steady hand in each of the main chains kept the lead going, while the master, with anxious countenance, stood on the bowsprit issuing his orders as to how the ... — The Three Midshipmen • W.H.G. Kingston Read full book for free!
... guarded, and contiguous to the scenes of his most active operations. "Snow's Island" lies at the confluence of Lynch's Creek and the Pedee. On the east flows the latter river; on the west, Clark's Creek, issuing from Lynch's, and a stream navigable for small vessels; on the north lies Lynch's Creek, wide and deep, but nearly choked by rafts of logs and refuse timber. The island, high river swamp, was spacious, and, like all the Pedee river swamp of that ... — The Life of Francis Marion • William Gilmore Simms Read full book for free!
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