Borrowed from Middle French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin expōnō (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expone and expound (via Old French espondre...
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To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea.