EXPIRE

vi to emit the breath.

2. expire ·vi to burst forth; to fly out with a blast.

3. expire ·vt to emit; to give out.

4. expire ·vt to bring to a close; to terminate.

5. expire ·vi to emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.

6. expire ·vt to breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration;

— opposed to inspire.

7. expire ·vt 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.

8. expire ·vi 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.