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Ex*pire" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expired (?); p. pr & vb. n. Expiring.] [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See Spirit.] 1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
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Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. Harvey.
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This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire. Dryden.
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2. 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.
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The expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter. Bacon.
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3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.] Dryden.
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4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.]
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Expire the term
Of a despised life. Shak.
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Ex*pire", v. i. 1. To emit the breath.
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2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
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3. 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.
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4. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.] “The ponderous ball expires.” Dryden.
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