Part 4077

<blockquote>To <b>expostulate</b> What majesty should be, what duty is. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expostulation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pos`tu*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expostulatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.</def>

<blockquote>We must use <b>expostulation</b> kindly. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expostulator</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pos"tu*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?;135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who expostulates.</def>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<h1>Expostulatory</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pos"tu*la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing expostulation or remonstrance; <as>as, an <ex>expostulatory</ex> discourse or letter</as>.</def>

<h1>Exposture</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pos"ture</hw> <tt>(?;135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Imposture</er>.]</ety> <def>Exposure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Exposure</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*po"sure</hw> <tt>(?;135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Expose</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>exposure</b> of Fuller . . . put an end to the practices of that vile tribe. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; <as>as, <ex>exposure</ex> to observation, to cold to inconvenience</as>.</def>

<blockquote>When we have our naked frailties hid, That suffer in <b>exposure</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. "Under a southern <i>exposure</i>.</def>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<blockquote>The best <b>exposure</b> of the two for woodcocks. <i>Sir. W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.</def>

<h1>Expound</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pound"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Expounded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Expounding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>exponen</ets>, <ets>expounen</ets>, <ets>expounden</ets>, fr. L. <ets>exponere</ets> to set out, expose, expound; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>ponere</ets> to put: cf. OE. <ets>expondre</ets>, <ets>expondre</ets>. See <er>Position</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He <b>expounded</b> both his pockets. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; <as>as, to <ex>expound</ex> a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Expound</b> this matter more fully to me. <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expounder</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pound"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.</def>