[ex.pose] vt ex.posed ; ex.pos.ing [ME, fr. MF exposer, fr. L exponere to set forth, explain (perf. indic. exposui), fr. ex- + ponere to put, place--more at position] (15c) 1 a: to deprive of shelter, protection, or care: subject to risk from a harmful action or condition "~ troops needlessly" "has not yet been exposed to measles" b: to submit or make accessible to a particular action or influence "~ children to good books"; esp: to subject (a sensitive photographic film, plate, or paper) to radiant energy c: to abandon (an infant) esp. by leaving in the open
2. a: to make known: bring to light (as something shameful) b: to disclose the faults or crimes of "~ a murderer"
3: to cause to be visible or open to view: display: as a: to offer publicly for sale b: to exhibit for public veneration c: to reveal the face of (a playing card) or the cards of (a player's hand) d: to engage in indecent exposure of (oneself) syn see show -- ex.pos.er n ex.po.se n [F expose, fr. pp. of exposer] (1803) 1: a formal statement of facts
2: an exposure of something discreditable "a newspaper ~ of government corruption"