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Expose   /ɪkspˈoʊz/   Listen
verb
Expose  v. t.  (past & past part. exposed; pres. part. exposing)  
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."
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."
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."
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.



noun
Expose  n.  A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Expose" Quotes from Famous Books



... eager to see her husband assume a position fitting to his great talents. Mr. Tyler joined her in her arguments. Blennerhasset gave way. It was a fatal compliance, one destined to destroy his happiness and peace for the remainder of his life, and to expose his wife to the most frightful scenes ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

... I know," he said gravely, "below the south banks yonder, but there will be peril in it—a peril to which I dread to expose ...
— Beyond the Frontier • Randall Parrish

... revolutionary activity, Emma Goldman was harassed even to the extent of inability to secure shelter. Too proud to seek safety in the denial of her identity, she chose to pass the nights in the public parks rather than expose her friends to danger or vexation by her visits. The already bitter cup was filled to overflowing by the attempted suicide of a young comrade who had shared living quarters with Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and a ...
— Anarchism and Other Essays • Emma Goldman

... She will be here almost directly. And, besides, I don't like to expose my feelings to every passer-by in High Street. You forget I have not seen her for two years, and I hate scenes in ...
— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

... my grandfathers, parents, sister, preceptors, relatives, friends and domestics were almost all persons of probity, and that I never happened to disoblige any of them. By the goodness of the gods I was not provoked to expose my infirmities. I owe it to them also that my wife is so deferential, affectionate and frugal; and that when I had a mind to look into philosophy I did not spend too much time in reading or logic-chopping. ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. - Religion and Philosophy • Various


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