expose 
The Chatelet (where those are exposed who ure found 
Murthered in the .streets, whic-li is very common busi- 
ness at Paris). Lixtrr, .Journey to Paris, p. 87. 
3. To present to the action or influence of 
something: as, in photography, to expose a 
sensitized plate to the action of the actinic 
rays of light. 
Those who seek truth only freely expose their principles 
to the test. Locke. 
4. To place or leave in an unprotected place or 
state ; specifically, to abandon to chance in an 
open or unprotected place : as, among the an- 
cient Greeks it was not uncommon for parents 
to expose their children. 
A father, unnaturally careless of his child, gives him to 
another man ; and he again exposes him. Locke. 
The hero, we are told, was grandson to a Greek ciupi - 
ror in Constantinople, but, being illegitimate, was exposed 
by his mother, immediately after his birth, on a mountain. 
Ticlciior, Span. Lit., I. 211. 
5. To place in the way, as of something which 
it would be better to avoid ; subject, as to some 
risk ; make liable : as, vanity exposes a person to 
ridicule; the movement exposed him to the dan- 
ger of a raking fire in his flanks. 
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. 
Shale., Lear, iii. 4. 
from them I go 
This uncouth errand sole, and one for all 
Myself expose. Milton, P. L., ii. 828. 
The multitude of evil accidents, which the state of hu- 
man life will necessarily exiiose him to. 
Abp. Sharp, Works, I. ix. 
6. To make known the actions or character of ; 
reveal the secret or secrets of; lay open to 
comment, ridicule, reprehension, or the like, 
by some revelation : as, to expose a hypocrite 
or a rogue ; to expose an impostor. 
Though she exposes all the whole town, she offends no 
one body in it. Steele, Spectator, No. 427. 
We have, if we do not deceive ourselves, completely ex- 
posed the calculations on which his theory rests. 
Macaulay, Sadler's Kef. Refuted. 
Smith's perception of moral distinctions is so acute, that 
he easily exposes the deceptions of style and sentiment. 
W hippie, Ess. and Rev. , I. 159. 
7. To expound, as a theory. [Rare.] 
expose (eks-po-za'), n. [F., < exposer, expose: 
see expose.'] 1. A formal recital of the causes 
and motives of an act or acts, or of the facts 
of a case. 2. Exposure; specifically, an unde- 
sired or undesirable exposure. 
She has been negotiating with them for some time 
through the agency of Sir Lucius Grafton, and the late 
expose will not favour her interests. 
Disraeli, Young Duke, v. 12. 
= Syn. Exposition, Exhibit, etc. See exhibition. 
exposed (eks-pozd'), p. a. 1. Unconcealed; 
bare or open; specifically, in entom., external- 
ly visible ; not concealed under other parts : 
especially applied to a part of the upper sur- 
face of the abdomen which is left uncovered 
by the elytra in repose, as in many Coleoptera. 
2. Unprotected; unsheltered; open to wind, 
cold, attack, risk, etc.: as, anexposed situation. 
Exposed antenna), antenna; which, in repose, are not 
concealed in grooves beneath the body. 
exposedness (eks-po'zed-nes), n. The state of 
being exposed ; exposure : as, exposedness to sin 
or temptation. 
exposer (eks-po'zer), u. One who exposes, 
uncovers, lays bare, etc. : as, an exposer of 
fraud. 
exposition (eks-po-zish'on), n. [< ME. exposi- 
tioun, exposicion, <. OF. exposition, F. exposition 
= Pr. expositio, espositio = Sp. exposicion = Pg. 
exposicoto = It. esposizione, < L. expositio(n-), a 
setting forth, narration, explanation, < expo- 
nere, pp. expositus, set forth: see expone, ex- 
pound, expose.] 1. The act of exposing, un- 
covering, making bare, revealing, laying out 
to or bringing into view, or the state of being 
exposed or brought clearly into view. 
They could not repent, in matters little or great, be- 
cause they felt that their actions were a sincere exposition 
of the wants of their souls. 
Kara. Fuller, Woman in 19th Cent., p. 257. 
2. An exhibition or show, as of the products 
of art and manufacture. 
With steam transportation from the heart of the city 
[Philadelphia] to the exposition grounds, and with unpre- 
cedentedly low railroad rates, there is every assurance of 
success. The Century, XXXI. 153. 
3. The act of exposing to danger; exposure. 
[Bare.] 
It is absolutely certain that in antiquity men of genuine 
humanity . . . counselled without a scruple the exposition 
of infants. Lecky, Europ. Morals, II. 20. 
4. The act of expounding; an extended expli- 
cation, as of a doctrine ; a detailed explanation, 
as of a passage or book of Scripture. 
2085 
It needeth expoiicyon written wel with cunning honde 
To strive toward devocyon and hit the better understonde. 
Quoted in Bampolt'l 1'rosc Treatises (E. E. T. S.), 
[Pref., p. vii. 
Swedenborg, a sublime genius who gave a scientific ex- 
in,xil!u,i of tin- part played severally by men and woirn-n 
in the world, ami showed the difference of sex to run 
through nature and through thought. Emerson, Woman. 
5. In logic, the making clear of any general 
relation by means of an indeterminate suppo- 
sition of an individual case: a translation of 
the Greek e/rffcovf as used by Aristotle. This is 
the ordinary mode of demonstration in mathe- 
matics. 
The term exposition is employed by Aristotle and most 
subsequent logicians to denote the selection of an indi- 
vidual instance whose qualities may be perceived by sense, 
in order to prove a general relation apprehended by the 
intellect. Sir W. Hamilton. 
6+. Openness of situation as regards some direc- 
tion or point of the compass ; exposure. 
Water he chuses clear, light, without taste or smell ; 
drawn from springs with an easterly exposition. 
Arbuthnot. 
Erasmus ascribes the plague (from which England was 
hardly ever free) and the sweating-sickness partly to the 
incommodious form and bad exposition of the houses, to 
the fllthiuess of the streets, and to the sluttishness within 
doors. Jortiu, Erasmus (ed. 1808), I. 69. 
I did not observe that the common greens were want- 
ing, and suppose that, by choosing an advantageous expo- 
sition, they can raise all the more hardy esculent plants. 
Johnson, Jour, to Western Isles. 
Exposition of the sacrament, in the Bom. Cath. Ch. , 
the public exposure of the sacrament for the adoration 
of the faithful. In the Roman Catholic churches of the 
United States the exposition is made at least once a year 
for forty hours. In early times it was made only on Corpus 
Christ! day or on occasions of public distress. Cath. Diet. 
Transcendental exposition, in the Kantian jjhilos., 
the explication of a concept as a principle from which the 
possibility of other synthetical cognitions a priori can be 
understood. =Syn. 2. Exposure, Expose, etc. See exhibi- 
tion. 4. Elucidation, explication. 
expositive (eks-poz'i-tiv), a. [< L. expositus, 
pp. of exponere, expound (see expose), + -ive.] 
Serving to expound or explain ; expository; ex- 
planatory. 
The opinion of Durandus is to be rejected, as not ex- 
positive of the Creed's confession. 
Bp. Pearson, Expos, of Creed, v. 
expositor (eks-poz'i-tor), n. [= F. expositeur, 
OF. expositeur, espositeur, exposeor, esposeor = 
Sp. Pg. expositor = It. espositore, < L. expo- 
sitor, < exponere, pp. expositas, expound : see 
expose, expound, exposition.] One who or that 
which (as a book) expounds or explains ; an in- 
terpreter. 
I read many doctors, but none could content me ; no 
expositor could please me, nor satisfy my mind in the 
matter. Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. 
Into the special doctrines of Swedeuborgianism we 
must confess our entire inability to enter unaided by an 
expositor. Westminster Red., CXXV. 227. 
expositorium (eks-poz-i-to'ri-um), n. [ML., 
neut. of "expositorius : see expository.] Same 
as monstrance. 
expository (eks-poz'i-to-ri), n. [= OF. exposi- 
toire, < ML. * expositorius, < L. expositus, pp. of 
exponere, set forth, expose: see expone, expound, 
expose.] 1. Serving to explain; tending to ex- 
pound. 
This book may serve as a glossary or expositor!/ index to 
the poetical writers. Johnson, Abridged Diet., Pref. 
2. Setting forth, or set forth, as an instance ; 
specifically, in logic, singular ; relating to a sin- 
gle individual. Thus, an expositor;/ syllogism 
is one in which the middle term is a singular. 
ex post facto (eks post fak'to). [More accu- 
rately written ex postfacto; LL., adv. phrase 
(lit. from what is done afterward), afterward, 
subsequently: ex, from; postfacto, abl. of post- 
factum, neut. of postfactus (a loose compound, 
also written postfactus), done afterward: post, 
after; factus, done: see ex&, post-, and fact.] 
From a subsequent state of facts ; from a later 
point of view ; with reference to a former state 
of facts; retrospectively: as, the transaction 
was made void by matter ex post facto; a lease 
made by a life tenant to run beyond his own 
life may be confirmed ex postfacto by the rever- 
sioner Ex post facto law, a law made after the of- 
fense, and under which prosecution for the offense is pos- 
sible ; a law operating on matters which took place be- 
fore it was passed ; as used in the restrictions imposed by 
United States constitutional law, a law which if allowed 
validity would operate to make an act criminal which was 
not so when done, or to increase the severity of the pun- 
ishment of a previous act, or in any way so to alter the 
rules of criminal procedure or evidence as to put one ac- 
cused of a crime committed previous to the law in a worse 
position before the courts. Such laws are prohibited by 
the Constitution of the United States. 
expostulate (eks-pos'tu-lat), v. ; pret. and pp. 
expostulated, ppr. expostulating. [< L. expostu- 
exposure 
latus, pp. of expostulare, demand, require, intr. 
find fault, dispute, expostulate, < ex, out, + pog- 
tulare, demand : see postulate.] I. intrans. To 
reason earnestly with a person against some- 
thing that he intends to do or has done : fol- 
lowed by with before the person, by upon or o 
before the thing. 
The King, in a Parliament nowassembled, fell to expos- 
tulate irilh tlic Lords, asking them what Years they 
thought him to be. Baker, Chronicles, p. 142. 
The emperour's ambassadour did expostulate with the 
king, that he had broken his league with the emperour. 
Sir J. Ilayward. 
The Moone, say they, expostulated with God, because 
the Sunne sinned with her, whereas no Kingdome could 
endure a partner. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 206. 
[He] sensibly enough expostulated upon my obstinacy. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, xxviii. 
= Syn. Expostulate with, Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand, 
etc. See eensure, and list under remonstrate. 
II. t trans. To discuss ; examine into ; reason 
about. 
My liege, and madam, to expostulate 
What majesty should be, what duty is, 
Why day is day, night, night, and time is time, 
Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time. 
Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 
That makes me to expostulate the wrong 
So with him, and resent it as I do. 
B. Jonson, Magnetick Lady, Iv. 1. 
I could say more, 
But 'tis dishonour to expostulate 
These causes with a woman. 
Shirley, Hyde Park, iv. 3. 
expostulation (eks-pos-tu-la'shon), n. [< L. 
expostulatio(n-), < expostulare, expostulate: see 
expostulate.] 1. The act of expostulating or 
remonstrating with a person or persons; argu- 
mentative protest ; dissuasion. 
Expostulations end well between lovers, but ill between 
friends. Spectator. 
The zealous attempt to bring about conversion by preach- 
ing and expostulation was fair and commendable. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., il. 7. 
2. In rhet., an address containing expostula- 
tion. Imp. Diet. 
expostulator (eks-pos'tu-la-tor), u. One who 
expostulates. 
He is no opponent, only an expostulatoi'. 
Lamb, To Coleridge. 
expostulatory (eks-pos'Ju-la-to-ri), . [< ex- 
postulate + -ory.] Pertaining to, consisting of, 
or containing expostulation : as, an expostula- 
tory address or debate. 
This fable is a kind of an txpottvlatory debate between 
Bounty and Ingratitude. Sir R. L'Eetrange. 
It was an unpardonable omission to proceed so far as I 
have already done, before I had performed the due dis- 
courses, expostulatory, supplicatory, or deprecatory. 
Swift, Tale of a Tub, iii. 
exposturet (eks-pos'tur), H. [As if ult. < ML. 
"expositura, < L. expositus, pp. of exponere, ex- 
pose : see expose. Cf . exposure, and composture, 
composure.] Exposure. 
Determine on some course 
More than a wilde exposture to each chance 
That starts i' th' way before thee. 
Shak., Cor., iv. 1 (fol. 1628). 
exposure (eks-po'zur), n. [< expose + -ure.] 
1. The act of opening to view, laying bare, or 
revealing : as, the exposure of a vein of ore, or 
of a crime. 
And when we have our naked frailties hid, 
That suffer in exposure, let us meet, 
And question this most bloody piece of work, 
To know it further. Shak., Macbeth, ii. 3. 
2. The state of being open or subject to some 
action or influence ; a being placed in the way 
of something, as observation, attack, etc.: as, 
exposure to cold or to the air; exposure to dan- 
ger or to contagion. 
They suffer little from expostire of the bare person to the 
cold of winter, or the scorching sun of summer, being ac- 
customed to it from infancy. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 22. 
In comparing an existing harbour with a proposed one, 
perhaps the most obvious element is what may be termed 
the line of maximum exposure, or, in other words, the line 
of greatest fetch or reach of open sea, and this can be 
easily measured from a chart. Encyc. Brit. , XI. 456. 
3. The thing revealed or exposed. 
This species [Sphenophyllum antiquum] was fully de- 
scribed by me, . . . from specimens obtained from the rich 
exposures at Gaspe Bay. 
Dawson, Geol. Hist, of Plants, p. 66. 
4. In photog., the act of presenting to the ac- 
tion of the actinic rays of light: as, the CJ-JKI- 
sure was too long. 
In taking views, the process is exactly the same as in 
the case of portraits, except that the exposure is very much 
less. Workshop Receipts, 1st ser., p. 261. 
6. Situation with regard to the access of light 
or air; position relative to the sun or to the 
