Expose

eks-poz', v. [-posed (-pozd'), -posing.] To place in a position to be seen; to lay forth to view, as an opinion, etc.; to explain; to deprive of cover or protection, lay open to attack or danger; to deprive of concealment, as a thing that shuns publicity; to divulge wrong practices of [OF. exposer, — and poser, Li.ponere, positum, to set, place.] To expose a child. To disown and abandon — Expos^, -po-za', n. A formal statement, recital, or exposition. [F., p. p. of exposer.] — Expos'er, ». One who exposes. — Exposition, -zish'un, n. Act of exposing or laying open; a public exhibition or show; the act of expounding the sense of an author or pa age; interpretation a work containing explanations, or the sense put upon a pa age by an interpreter. [OF.]— Expositive, -tiv, -itory, -to-rf, a. Serving to explain; illustrative; exegetical.—Expos'- — it or, -ter, n. One who, etc.; an interpreter. [L.] Expos'ure, -po'zhar, n. Act of exposing; state of being, etc.; position in regard to points of the compa , influences of climate, etc.—Expound', -pownd', v. To explain; clear of obscurity; interpret. [OF. espondre, L. exponere.] — Expound'er, n. Ex post facto, eks-post-fak'to. (Law.) Done after the act to which relates; from, or by, a thing done afterward. [L.] — Ex post facto law. A law which deals with acts done before its pa age.