Inflected forms: ex·posed, ex·pos·ing, ex·pos·es 1a. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.b. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light. c. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.2. To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See synonyms at show. 3a. To make known (something discreditable). b. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.4. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin expnere, to set forth; see expound.
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