Oozed or seeped out slowly; discharged gradually from pores or cracks.
The past tense of exude, from Latin 'exudare' (ex- 'out' + sudare 'to sweat'), describing something that sweats or oozes outward.
When you smell something that 'exuded confidence,' that's a metaphorical use of this word—something truly confident literally leaks out into the air around them.
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