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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Expose \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. [1913 Webster] Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Expos'e \Ex`po`s['e]"\, 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: expose n 1: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" [syn: {expose}, {unmasking}] v 1: expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" 2: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: {unwrap}, {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal}, {discover}, {expose}, {divulge}, {break}, {give away}, {let out}] 3: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" [syn: {expose}, {exhibit}, {display}] 4: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" [syn: {uncover}, {expose}] [ant: {cover}] 5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: {disclose}, {expose}] 6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: {queer}, {expose}, {scupper}, {endanger}, {peril}] 7: expose to light, of photographic film 8: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" [syn: {debunk}, {expose}] 9: abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"