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Webster 1913 Edition
Expose
Ex-pose′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exposed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
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. 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. Shakespeare
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 neighborYou 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 hypocriteExˊpoˊsé′
,Noun.
A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Expose
EXPO'SE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To lay open; to set to public view; to disclose; to uncover or draw from concealment; as, to expose the secret artifices of a court; to expose a plan or design.2.
To make bare; to uncover; to remove from any thing that which guards or protects; as, to expose the head or the breast to the air.3.
To remove from shelter; to place in a situation to be affected or acted on; as, to expose one's self to violent heat.4.
To lay open to attack, by any means; as, to expose an army or garrison.5.
To make liable; to subject; as, to expose one's self to pain, grief or toil; to expose one's self to insult.6.
To put in the power of; as, to expose one's self to the seas.7.
To lay open to censure, ridicule or contempt.A fool might once himself alone expose.
8.
To lay open, in almost any manner; as, to expose one's self to examination or scrutiny.9.
To put in danger. The good soldier never shrinks from exposing himself, when duty requires it. 10. To cast out to chance; to place abroad, or in a situation unprotected. Some nations expose their children.
11. To lay open; to make public. Be careful not unnecessarily to expose the faults of a neighbor.
12. To offer; to place in a situation to invite purchasers; as, to expose goods to sale.
13. To offer to inspection; as, to expose paintings in a gallery.
Definition 2024
expose
expose
English
Verb
expose (third-person singular simple present exposes, present participle exposing, simple past and past participle exposed)
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(transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.
- 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
- The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
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- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
- 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152:
- This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea.
- 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152:
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
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to subject photographic film to light
to submit to an active substance
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.spoz/
Verb
expose