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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exposed adj 1: with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound" [syn: {open}] 2: not covered with clothing; "her exposed breast" [syn: {uncovered}]
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