exude
/ɪɡˈzjuːd/ verb
Forms exudes exuding exuded
- verb (transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
- verb (intransitive) To flow out through the pores.
- verb (transitive) To give off or radiate a certain quality or emotion, often strongly. “Wearing that suit, Jasper just exudes class.”
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Etymology
Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out. Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. Dr. T. Dwight.
- verb To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
Etymology [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See Sweat.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “exude”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details