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Webster 1913 Edition
Expire
Ex-pire′
,Verb.
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
. Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and
expiring
air. Harvey.
This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames
expire
. Dryden.
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.The
expiring
of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter. Bacon.
3.
To emit; to give out.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
4.
To bring to a close; to terminate.
[Obs.]
Expire
the termOf a despised life.
Shakespeare
Ex-pire′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To emit the breath.
2.
To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die;
as, to
expire
calmly; to expire
in agony.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.4.
To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
[Obs.]
“The ponderous ball expires.” Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Expire
EXPI'RE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To breathe out; to throw out the breath from the lungs; opposed to inspire. We expire air at every breath.2.
To exhale; to emit in minute particles, as a fluid or volatile matter. The earth expires a damp or warm vapor; the body expires fluid matter from the pores; plants expire odors.3.
To conclude.EXPI'RE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To perish; to end; to fail or be destroyed; to come to nothing; to be frustrated. With the loss of battle all his hopes of empire expired.
2.
To fly out; to be thrown out with force. [Unusual.]The ponderous ball expires.
3.
To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to close or conclude,as a given period. A lease will expire on the first of May. The year expires on Monday. The contract will expire at Michaelmas. The days had not expired.When forty years had expired. Act 7.