issue – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to issue from swh
Participle: issued from swh
Gerund: issuing from swh

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	issue from swh
we	Let's issue from swh
you	issue from swh

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to divide into portions and issue out

administer, allocate, allot, apportion, deal, deal out, dispart, dispend, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, give out, mete out, parcel out, piecemeal, portion out, share, share out, sunder out

publish

circulate, distribute, dispatch, transcribe, deliver

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1300, from O.Fr. issue "a way out, exit," from fem. pp. of issir "to go out," from L. exire, from ex- "out" + ire "go." Meaning "discharge of blood or other fluid from the body" is from 1526; sense of "offspring" is from 1377. Meaning "outcome of an action" is attested from 1382; legal sense of "point in question at the conclusion of the presentation by both parties in a suit" (1308 in Anglo-Fr.) led to transf. sense of "a point to be decided" (1836). Meaning "action of sending into publication or circulation" is from 1833. The verb meaning "to flow out" (c.1300) is from O.Fr. issu, pp. of issir; sense of "to send out authoritatively" is from 1601; that of "to supply (someone with something)" is from 1925.
2. From Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”).
3. The legal meaning originated from the concept of "the end or result of pleadings in a suit (by presenting the point to be determined by trial)," leading to the sense of "the controversy over facts in a trial" (early 14th century, Anglo-French). This later extended to mean "a point of contention between two parties" (early 15th century) and more generally, "an important point to be decided" (1836). Consequently, the verbal phrase take issue with emerged in 1797 (preceded by join issue in the 1690s), meaning "to adopt an affirmative or negative stance in a dispute with another." The expression to have issues, meaning "to have unresolved conflicts," dates to 1990. See: Latin 'exeō'.

Verbs referencing "issue"

Cebuano isyu.

Sample Sentences