verb

• (transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
• (transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
• (transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
• (transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
• (transitive, obsolete) To expose to harm.
• (transitive, obsolete) To expose (a deception).
• (obsolete) To soil or befoul; to beray.