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Webster's English Dictionary

expose

v. t. [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. ()

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. ()