In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXUDES
Verb
exudes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exude
Source: Wiktionary
EXUDE
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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DIRECTIONALITY
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