expired
Use Expired in a sentence
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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Expired
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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expire (ɪkˈspaɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to finish or run out; cease; come to an end |
| 2. | to breathe out (air); exhale |
| 3. | (intr) to die |
| [C15: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspīrāre to breathe out, from spīrāre to breathe] | |
| ex'pirer | |
| —n | |
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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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Example sentences
If the current campaign's expired aspirers are breaking precedent by running, then the past might have little relevance.
He also argued that the two-year statute of limitations on the summary offense has expired.
Once the copyright expired, that escrowed version would be publicly available from the copyright office.
Even now as it is coming out that he may have expired due to a seizure, they are too cowardly to connect the dots.
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