EXPI'RE, v.t. [L. expiro, for exspiro; ex and spiro, to breathe.] 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, v.i. To emit the last breath, as an animal; to die; to breathe the last. 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.
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