expire

Definitions

1. 1.To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors. The expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter. Bacon.
2. 2.To emit; to give out. [Obs.] Dryden.
3. 3.To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.] Expire the term Of a despised life. Shak.
4. 4.To emit the breath.
5. 5.To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
6. 6.To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
7. 7.To burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.] "The ponderous ball expires." Dryden.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.] Expire the term Of a despised life. Shak called?
• What is to emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony called?
• What is to come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday called?
• What is to burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.] "The ponderous ball expires." Dryden called?