v.
- make (something) visible by uncovering it.
▸
(expose oneself)
publicly and indecently display one's genitals.
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(often expose someone to)
subject to possible harm or risk.
▸leave (a child) in the open to die.
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(expose someone to)
introduce someone to (a subject).
- reveal the true, objectionable nature of.
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[as adj. exposed]
unprotected from the weather.
- subject (photographic film) to light.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. exposer, from L. exponere (see expound), but influenced by L. expositus ‘put or set out’ and OFr. poser ‘to place’.