·vt A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
II. Expose ·vt 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.
III. Expose ·vt 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.
IV. Expose ·vt 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. Expose ·vt 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.