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give off

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give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

have as a by-product

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The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions. Georges Rouault

When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay. Octave Mirbeau

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness. Bob Hope

I just give off this kind of feminine vibe which has... served me so well with women in my life. Mark Feuerstein

All bodies together, and each by itself, give off to the surrounding air an infinite number of images which are all-pervading and each complete, each conveying the nature, colour and form of the body which produces it. Leonardo da Vinci

My vocal cords are made of tweed. I give off an air of Oxford donnishness and old BBC wirelesses. Stephen Fry

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