- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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
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