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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|frm|exposer]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) which replaced Latin expōnere, to set forth, lay open, explain (see [[expound]]), by confusion with poser, to place (see [[pose]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) and was influenced by its participle expositus.^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024) Barnhart thinks it may in part be a back-formation from [[exposition]].^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[bor|frm|exposer]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) which replaced [[la|expōnere]], to set forth, lay open, explain (see [[expound]]), by confusion with poser, to place (see [[pose]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) and was influenced by its participle expositus.^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024) Barnhart thinks it may in part be a back-formation from [[exposition]].^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==