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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ex·pose       [ik-spohz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos·ing.
1.to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
2.to lay open to something specified: to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
3.to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.: to expose one's head to the rain.
4.to present to view; exhibit; display: The storekeeper exposed his wares.
5.to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
6.to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.): to expose a swindler.
7.to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
8.to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.
9.to subject, as to the action of something: to expose a photographic plate to light.
—Idiom
10.expose oneself, to exhibit one's body, esp. one's genitals, publicly in an immodest or exhibitionistic manner.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME exposen < OF exposer, equiv. to ex- ex-1 + poser to put (see pose1), rendering L expōnere to put out, expose, set forth in words; see expound]

—Related forms
ex·pos·a·ble, adjective
ex·pos·a·bil·i·ty, noun
ex·pos·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. subject, endanger, imperil, jeopardize. 5. uncover, unveil, betray.
—Antonyms 2. protect, shield. 5. conceal, hide, cover up.
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ex·po·sé       [ek-spoh-zey] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable: Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational exposés.
[Origin: 1795–1805; < F, n. use of ptp. of exposer to expose]
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ex·pose       (ĭk-spōz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ex·posed, ex·pos·ing, ex·pos·es
    1. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.
    2. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
    3. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.
    4. To make known (something discreditable).
    5. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.
  2. To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See Synonyms at show.
    1. To make known (something discreditable).
    2. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.
  4. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).


[Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin expōnere, to set forth; see expound.]

ex·pos'er n.
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ex·po·sé       (ěk'spō-zā')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An exposure or a revelation of something discreditable.
  2. A formal exposition of facts.


[French, past participle of exposer, to expose, from Old French; see expose.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
expose  (v.)
1474, "to leave without shelter or defense," from M.Fr. exposer "lay open, set forth," from L. exponere "set forth" (see expound), altered by confusion with poser "to place, lay down" (see pose). The use of exposure in the sense of "situation with regard to sun or weather" is from 1664. Exposé "display of discreditable information" was introduced 1803 as a Fr. word (it is the pp. of Fr. exposer); earliest use was in ref. to Napoleon.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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expose

noun
1. the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" 

verb
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" 
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" 
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] [ant: cover] 
5. disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose] 
6. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: queer] 
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] 
9. abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned" 

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ex·pose
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·posed; ex·pos·ing
1 : to subject to risk from a harmful action or condition: as a : to make (one) open to liability or financial loss b : to leave (a child) uncared-for and lacking shelter from the elements
2 : to cause to be visible or open to view: as a : to offer publicly for sale expose for sale at public auction —Detroit Law Journal> b : to purposely uncover (one's private body parts) or leave open to view in a place or situation in which such conduct is likely to be deemed offensive or indecent esp. as set forth by statute —see also INDECENT EXPOSURE

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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