ISSUE – lineal descendants of a common ancestor
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
issue (noun)1.
proceeds from a source of revenue (as an estate)
2.
the action of going, coming, or flowing out - egress emergence
3.
a means or place of going out - exit outlet
4.
- offspring progeny died without issue
5.
a) a final outcome that usually constitutes a solution (as of a problem) or resolution (as of a difficulty)
b) obsolete a final conclusion or decision about something arrived at after consideration
c) archaic - termination end hope that his enterprise would have a prosperous issue T. B. Macaulay
6.
a) a matter that is in dispute between two or more parties
b) (1) a vital or unsettled matter - economic issues
(2) - concern problem I have issues with his behavior
c) the point at which an unsettled matter is ready for a decision - brought the matter to an issue
7.
a discharge (as of blood) from the body
8.
a) something coming forth from a specified source - issues of a disordered imagination
b) obsolete - deed
9.
a) the act of publishing or officially giving out or making available - the next issue of commemorative stamps issue of supplies by the quartermaster
b) the thing or the whole quantity of things given out at one time - read the latest issue
intransitive verb
1.
a) to go, come, or flow out
b) to come forth - emerge
2.
- accrue profits issuing from the sale of the stock
3.
archaic to descend from a specified parent or ancestor
4.
to be a consequence or final outcome - emanate result
5.
to appear or become available through being officially put forth or distributed
6.
transitive verb
- eventuate terminate
1.
to cause to come forth - discharge emit
2.
a) to put forth or distribute usually officially - government issued a new airmail stamp issue orders
b) to send out for sale or circulation - publish
c) British - provide supply spring