In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXUDE
exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
(verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; “exude sweat through the pores”
exude
(verb) make apparent by one’s mood or behavior; “She exudes great confidence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
exude (third-person singular simple present exudes, present participle exuding, simple past and past participle exuded)
(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
(intransitive) To flow out through the pores.
Anagrams
• DExEU
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exuded; p. pr. & vb. n. exuding.] Etym: [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See Sweat.]
Definition: To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out. Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. Dr. T. Dwight.
Ex*ude", v. i.
Definition: To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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