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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.

The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.

One who exposes or discloses.

To expose excessively; specif. (Photog.),

ole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn.

ical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. Aërated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.

To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room. It were good wisdom . . . that the jail were aired. Bacon. Were you but riding forth to air yourself. Shak.

reasing its radiating surface by means of ribs or radiators, and placing it so that it is exposed to a current of air. Cf. Water cooling. -- Air"-cooled`, a.

One who exposes to the air.

Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.

monia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air.

The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear ! Milton.

To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat. Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith.

sed in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat.

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

es; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.

To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. Genius . . . often betrays itself into great errors. T. Watts.