\Ex*pose"\, 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.
         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. --Shak.
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.               --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 hypocrite.