expire

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To die.

   • The patient expired in hospital.
   • And then, his head ſinking on his pillow, he expired; at about half an hour after ten.
2. 2

   To lapse and become invalid.

   • My library card will expire next week.
3. 3

   To come to an end

   To come to an end; to conclude.

   • And when the thousand yeeres are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, […]
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   1. 4

      To exhale

      To exhale; to breathe out.

      • Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air.
      • This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire.
      • Animals expire carbon and plants inspire it; plants expire oxygen and animals inspire it.
   2. 5

      To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour

      To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.

      • the expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter
   3. 6

      To bring to a close

      To bring to a close; to terminate.

      • Expire the term / Of a despised life.
   4. 7

      To cause to lapse

      To cause to lapse; to invalidate.

      • The site expires cached pages that are older than 24 hours.

The neighborhood

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