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verb (used without object)
1.
to come to an end; terminate, as a contract, guarantee, or offer.
2.
to emit the last breath; die.
3.
to breathe out.
4.
to die out, as a fire.
verb (used with object)
5.
to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs.
6.
Archaic. to give off, emit, or eject.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + spīrāre to breathe
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + spīrāre to breathe
Related forms
ex·pir·er, noun
ex·pir·ing·ly, adverb
non·ex·pir·ing, adjective
un·ex·pired, adjective
un·ex·pir·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
expire
early 15c., from M.Fr. expirer, from L. expirare "breathe out, breathe one's last, die," from ex- "out" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). "Die" is the older sense in English; that of "breathe out" is first attested 1580s. Of laws, patents, treaties, etc., late 15c. Related: Expired; expiring.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
expire ex·pire (ĭk-spīr')
v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires
To breathe one's last breath; die.
To exhale.
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