issues

Noun

issue (plural issues)

1. (obsolete) A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.

   Synonyms:

   sortie, sally, charge

2. The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
   • The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
3. (archaic) The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue.
   • For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:20
4. (historical, usually) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
   • He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up.
5. (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
   • Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.

   Synonyms:

   descendant, fruit of one's loins, offspring

6. (figuratively, obsolete) A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor.

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