exude

Etymology

Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

verb

  1. (transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
    There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours 1870, William Henry Wilkins, The Romance of Isabel
  2. (intransitive) To flow out through the pores.
    The molten glass exudes into the space outside the outer crucible, and a filament is pulled from the exudant to form a cored glass fiber. 2013, Vladimir G. Plekhanov, Applications of the Isotopic Effect in Solids, page 258
  3. (transitive) To give off or radiate a certain quality or emotion, often strongly.
    Wearing that suit, Jasper just exudes class.

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