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   Expose (?), 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.”
   
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   Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. Locke.
   
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   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.”
   
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   Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. Shak.
   
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   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”.
   
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   You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. Dryden.
   
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   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”.
   
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   exposed adj.
   1. with no protection or shield; as, “the exposed northeast frontier”.
   
   Syn. -- open.
   
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   2. visible due to absence of clothing at that point; -- of body parts.
   
   Syn. -- uncovered, bare.
   
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