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Spout English with German (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emit

'spout' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'english with german' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'with german' becomes 'mit' ('with' in German).
'e'+'mit'='EMIT'

(Other definitions for emit that I've seen before include "Produce and discharge" , "Exhale" , "Give off, heat say" , "Sent" , "Come out!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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