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    Issue, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Issued (ĭshˈū́d); 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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