## Meanings
1. To show a quality or feeling strongly and clearly through the way you look or behave.
2. To slowly release a liquid or smell, often through the surface of something.

## Examples
- She exudes confidence whenever she walks into a room.
- The wound exuded a clear fluid.

## Derived Forms
- exudant
- exudate
- exudation
- exuder
- exudivore
- exusion
- nonexuding
- unexuded

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sweyd-

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

## AI Etymology
Exude is traced through latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-. In present-day use, it can mean to show a quality or feeling strongly and clearly through the way you look or behave, or to slowly release a liquid or smell, often through the surface of something. Derived formations include exudant, exudate, exudation, exuder, and exudivore.

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- Senses & Perception

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