In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
EXPOSES
Verb
exposes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expose
Source: Wiktionary
EXPOSE
Ex*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed(); p. pr. & vb. n. Exposing.] Etym: [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat. Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. Shak.
3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor. You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. Dryden.
4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.
Ex`po`sé", n. Etym: [F., prop.p.p. of exposer. See Expose, v. t.]
Definition: A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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