Ex*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Exposed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Exposing.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex
out)+poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]
1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to
exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to
expose pictures to public inspection.
Those who seek truth only, freely expose their
principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
examined.
Locke.
2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack,
danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything
which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to
expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult,
danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or
defeat.
Expose thyself to feel what wretches
feel.
Shak.
3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to
lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing
that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as,
to expose the faults of a neighbor.
You only expose the follies of men, without
arraigning their vices.
Dryden.
4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible
practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by
making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat,
liar, or hypocrite.
||Ex`po`sé" (?), n. [F., prop.
p. p. of exposer. See Expose, v. t.]
A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or
revelation, of something which some one wished to keep
concealed.
